Cultural Heritage in Vietnam With the Requirements of Sustainable Development

In the process of development, especially in the context of modernization and globalization, cultural heritage in Vietnam is facing many challenges and difficulties in resolving relationships between conservation and development, safeguarding and exploitation, economic and cultural goals, the roles of the government and the community, political and cultural factors. By studying the cases of some elements that UNESCO has inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and List of  the World Heritage Sites in Vietnam (including Vietnamese Court Music, Xoan Singing of Phu Tho province, Worship of Hung Kings in Phu Tho,  the Cultural Space of the Gongs in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, Ha Long Bay, Trang An Landscape Complex and Complex of Hue Monuments), this paper aims to analyze the specific issues in the above relationships in order to clarify the challenges that the heritage is facing in compliance with the UNESCO’s Conventions on the safeguarding of cultural heritage as well as towards the sustainable development.

Cultural heritage, Vietnam, conservation, safeguarding, sustainable development