An Giang

Khmer brocade weavers in Van Giao commune, Tinh Bien township in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have made great attempts to preserve and revive the centuries-old craft of the Bay Nui region.

The Ba Chua Xu (Holy Mother of the Realm) Festival on Mount Sam in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang was officially recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, at the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paraguay on December 4.

The 10th Chua Ro ox racing festival, an iconic cultural event for the Khmer community in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang’s Bay Nui region, took place on September 8, featuring 24 outstanding pairs of bulls in Tri Ton district and Tinh Bien township.

The An Giang Federation of Labour on August 20 inaugurated the cultural space dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh and President Ton Duc Thang – the great leaders of the nation.

The 100 traditional cakes made from palmyra palm set a Vietnamese record at a cooking competition held on August 5 within the framework of the Southern Traditional Cake Festival in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

The Ba Chua Xu (Holy Mother of the Realm) Temple on Sam Mountain in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has been recognised as an “Exemplary Spiritual Tourist Destination in Asia - Pacific” by the Vietnam - India Economic and Cultural Exchange Forum.

The People’s Committee of the southern province of An Giang has approved a project on preserving and upholding cultural values of “Buong” leaf scriptures of the Khmer ethnic group by 2030.

The authorities of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on January 6 held a conference to review a decade of the operation of the Oc Eo - Ba The special national relic site (2012-2022), and announce a plan to prepare a dossier seeking UNESCO recognition of the archaeological location as a World Heritage Site.

The southern province of An Giang will digitise the writing on “Buong” leaves of the Khmer ethnic minority group to preserve and uphold their cultural heritage.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism to submit a brief report on the Oc Eo - Ba The relic site to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, proposing putting the site on the Tentative List.

The An Giang Museum in the Mekong Delta province of the same name opened an exhibition on February 9 of the Khmer, Cham, and Hoa ethnic minority cultures and a section preserving five national treasures.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the planning for preserving and restoring Oc Eo - Ba The, a special national relic site of the ancient Oc Eo civilisation in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

The Bay Nui Ox Racing Festival in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang is expected to become an international event under a project recently approved by the provincial People’s Committee.

An art performance programme was organised in Long Xuyen city in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on November 21 as part of the Cambodia Culture Week 2019 in Vietnam.

More than 17,000 Cham ethnic people are celebrating Roya Aidil Adha, the traditional new year festival of the Muslim community in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

A French cultural week is being held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang from April 19-24 by An Giang University, the French Embassy in Vietnam and the provincial People’s Committee.

The administration of Chau Doc city, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, is asking for the Government’s opinion on the compilation of a dossier seeking UNESCO’s recognition of the Ba Chua Xu Temple Festival on Sam Mountain as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The annual Bay Nui (Seven Mountains) Ox Racing Festival kicked off on October 8 in Tinh Bien district, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, attracting thousands of people.

More than 140 photos and objects of the ancient Oc Eo culture are being displayed at Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature-National University) in Hanoi.

About 20,000 artefacts were unearthed in Linh Son pagoda, which is located within the Oc Eo archaeological site in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, between August and December 2017, according to an archaeologist.