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The Hue Nam Temple (also known as Hon Chen Temple) festival was jointly held on on April 4 by the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Hue Festival Centre and the Huệ Nam Temple conservation board.

The Hue Nam Temple (also known as Hon Chen Temple) festival was jointly held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 4 by the provincial Department of Culture and Sports, the Hue Festival Centre and the Hue Nam Temple conservation board.

The Thuong Nguyen festival is one of the four main events of the Mother Goddess worshipping in a year, which is conducted before the 20th day of the first lunar month. Hau dong (or trance ritual) is an especially important ritual accompanying the religion of Mother Goddess worship, and is now an art performance with dancing and chau van singing.

Vietnam possesses an array of intangible cultural heritages that have been recognised by UNESCO.

For the very first time, the costumes 'hau dong' of Vietnam’s traditional practice of “Tho Mau Tam Phu” (the Worship of Mother Goddesses) have been shown on the catwalk at Vietnam International Fashion and Beauty Week by designer Nguyen Duc Hien. The show left a strong impression on the public.

Tien Huong temple is the principle temple in the complex of Phu Day’s traditional religious architectures, which was built from The Later Le dynasty.

An exhibition themed “Mother Goddesses Worshipping Religion in Hue” is taking place in Hue Culture Museum, Thua Thien-Hue province.

The live entertainment show “The Quintessence of Tonkin” recently won the Gold Stevie Award for Innovation in Media, Visual Communications & Entertainment, beating projects from all over Asia.

A 108-episode film on the worship of Mother Goddesses will be showcased to the public this month.

A seminar was held in Moscow, Russia, on December 5 to introduce the Vietnamese worship of Mother Goddesses of the Three Realms.

A festival featuring the cult of Mother Goddesses was opened at the Forest Temple in Ngoc Thuy ward, Long Bien district of Hanoi, on November 9.

A festival featuring the worship of Mother Goddesses will bring many folk artists from across the nation to Hanoi on November 9-13.

Hundreds of artists from 16 art troupes gathered at the second Van singing festival which opened in the northern province of Bac Giang on October 25.

An exhibition on the Vietnamese worship of Mother Goddesses of the Three Realms opened in the Republic of Korea on May 20.

A festival for practices related to folk beliefs in Mother Goddess of Forest will debut at Dong Cuong Temple in northern Yen Bai province on May 20-21 in celebration of Visit Vietnam Year 2017.

A ceremony marking the UNESCO recognition of "Practices Related to the Việt Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in Three Realms" as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

A ceremony receiving UNESCO certificate of recognition for the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in Three Realms as part of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was held on April 1.

A lacquer painting exhibition featuring the Vietnamese practices related to belief in Mother Goddesses is taking place in Hanoi’s Fine Arts Museum.

An exhibition that opened this week at Hanoi’s Fine Arts Museum depicts lacquer paintings depicting the Vietnamese practices related to belief in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms, which was recognised a few months ago by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

A festival honouring Mother Goddesses, which has been recognised as National Intangible Cultural Heritage, will take place at three temples in the northern city of Tuyen Quang on March 8-13.