Hanoi, April 19 -- Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam boasts a rich and diverse heritage of traditional arts, but efforts to harness and transform cultural assets into genuine drivers of development have yet to match their full potential.

Traditional arts embody deep aesthetic values, worldviews, and national identity, shaping the country's distinctive "aesthetic identity" and foundational cultural tastes. They also provide a vital source of creative raw material and play a direct role in fueling the cultural industries, from film and fashion to design, video games, and digital content.

In music, a growing cohort of young artists is reinterpreting traditional heritage and taking it to major domestic stages and global platforms. By blending tradition...