The “Khu gia gia” Festival, which is also known as the Festival of June,
is one of the foremost festivals of the Ha Nhi ethnic people living in
mountainous areas in Bat Xat district, the northwestern province of Lao
Cai.
The northern province of Bac Ninh is showing great efforts in
conserving its intangible cultural heritage, looking towards the
development of cultural tourism.
Vi-Giam folk music was officially selected as a representative of
Vietnamese heritage seeking UNESCO’s recognition as a World Intangible
Cultural Heritage in 2014.
Almost 200 artists, both amateurs and professional, are competing at the
22nd “Quan ho” (love duets) folk singing contest in the northern
province of Bac Ninh.
Photos and objects featuring “quan ho” (love duet singing), a unique
folk music popular in Vietnam ’s northern province of Bac Ninh ,
will be displayed at an exhibition at the Vietnam Cultural Centre in
France from Jan. 22.
The recent recognition of Vietnam ’s Ho Dynasty Citadel by UNESCO as a
world cultural heritage brought the number of world natural, cultural
and documentary heritages possessed by Vietnam to 15.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu
Trong has ordered all ministries, agencies and authorities nationwide to
work hard on improving the sense of responsibility towards preservation
and promotion of cultural values, tangible and intangible alike, of the
nation.
The Lim festival in the northern province of Bac Ninh, dedicated to traditional
love duet singing, is expected to lure up to 10,000 visitors on the 13th day of
the first lunar month or February 26 this year.
The year of cultural diplomacy 2009 was deployed strongly and comprehensively,
contributing greatly to the foreign relations programme set out by the Party and
State.
The Vietnam-Slovakia Friendship
Association on January 26 hosted a meeting of Vietnamese who once
studied and worked in Slovakia to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic ties
between the two nations.
