Mo Mường (Mường soul seeker), a heritage of the provinces of Hòa Bình, Thanh Hóa, Ninh Bình, Phú Thọ, Sơn La and Đắk Lắk together with Hà Nội, will be submitted to UNESCO to seek the status of an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
As the representative of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asia-Pacific, which has a large number of members with varying development levels, politics, cultures, sizes, interests, and priorities, Việt Nam will continue bringing into play the soft power from its national prestige and the capacity of grasping common concerns, harmonising interest differences among members,
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hà Kim Ngọc, who is also Chairman of the Việt Nam National Commission for UNESCO, said the election affirms the Party and State’s sound foreign policy of multilaterisation and diversification, as well as comprehensive and effective international integration.