The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is collecting feedback on the draft Law on Cultural Heritage (revised) which includes new provisions on documentary heritage, and is expected to facilitate the management, protection and promotion of this heritage type.

The revised Law on Cultural Heritage proposes tax incentives and preferential funding access for entities and individuals supporting the preservation and advancement of heritage values.

Salary reform and pension adjustments are among the issues high on the agenda of the National Assembly (NA) at its ongoing 7th session on June 26.

The 15th National Assembly (NA) will debate the draft Law on Trade Unions (revised), draft Law on amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the Law on Pharmacy, and draft Law on Cultural Heritage (revised) on June 18 as part of the second phase of its seventh session.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on January 18 signed a decision recognising an additional 29 artifacts as national treasures.

The Vietnam National Museum of History will hold a ceremony on November 18 to receive a number of artifacts returned to Vietnam by the US.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the recognition of seven special national relics, including the architectural relic of Ha Hiep communal house in Hanoi capital city’s Phuc Tho district.

Due to difficulties in designing C9 metro underground station located near Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake, the construction of a metro line connecting Nam Thang Long Station in the north of the city and Tran Hung Dao Street has been halted for 11 years.