The nominations were deemed consistent with the mission of UNESCO across education, culture, science, information and communication, and contributed to promoting peace, cultural dialogue, mutual understanding among nations.

The UNESCO office in France.

Chu Van An (1292 - 1370) is considered a brilliant teacher of Vietnam, who devoted his life to the humanistic education philosophy of regardless of his students’ wealth, teaching that learning goes hand in hand with practice and lifelong learning contributes to society.

His thoughts not only affected many generations of Vietnamese but also contributed to the development of humanistic values in the region. His educational perspective has progressive values, close to the modern values that UNESCO summarised as “learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together and learn to be humans”.

UNESCO has previously honoured Vietnamese celebrities, including the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of Nguyen Trai's birth (1980), the 100th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (1990) and the 250th birthday of Nguyen Du (2015).

UNESCO's adoption of the 650th anniversary of the death of Chu Van An shows international appreciation for the cultural and educational values of Vietnam, while promoting the goal of education equality for all people and lifelong learning that UNESCO is promoting.

Under UNESCO’s regulations, the 40th UNESCO General Assembly Meeting in November will issue a resolution on celebrating the outstanding events and characters of the world.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Le Hoai Trung, Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Vietnam National UNESCO Commission, attended activities in UNESCO’s Executive Board Meeting from April 3-17.

Artefacts discovered in UNESCO-recognised citadel

The Conservation Centre for the Ho Citadel and the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology recently revealed the results of an excavation in the northeastern area of the Ho Dynasty Citadel and the Xuan Dai mountain archaeological relic in Vinh Loc district of central Thanh Hoa province.

 

UNESCO-recognised heritages in Vietnam

Vietnam has so far earned UNESCO recognition for 17 world cultural heritages, ranking first in Southeast Asia.

 

Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark to receive UNESCO status

A ceremony will be held on November 24 in Cao Bang city to receive a certificate from UNESCO recognizing Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark the northern border province of Cao Bang as a global geopark by the UNESCO, a heard at a press conference in Hanoi on November 6.

 

US aid to help conserve UNESCO-recognised citadel

The Fund for Cultural Preservation of the US Embassy in Vietnam on October 26 presented an aid worth 92,500 USD for a project repairing the dome and southern gate of the Ho Dynasty Citadel in the central Thanh Hoa province.

 

Quang Nam plans activities to celebrate UNESCO recognition of Hoi An and My Son

The central province of Quang Nam has unveiled a plan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of Hoi An ancient town and My Son Sanctuary as world heritage sites next year.

 

Source: VNA