The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh has received 765,400 visitors so far this year, an increase of 66.5 per cent year-on-year.

Unique performing arts of ethnic minority people in the southern province of Tây Ninh started the Tây Ninh Day in Hà Nội.

The Ma Coong ethnic minority group’s drum beating festival and traditional boat racing on Kiến Giang River in the central province of Quảng Bình have been officially recognised as national intangible cultural heritages by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Folk music researchers support the creation of a digital stock of ca trù (ceremonial singing) owned by a State-run agency to preserve the traditional artform and gather scattered materials owned by individual artists and researchers.

Bamboo and circus are two familiar concepts in Vietnamese life, but sometimes familiarity and simplicity are anything but ordinary, especially when the two combines on stage to create an art show like the Vietnamese Bamboo Circus.

The 1st Vietnamese Traditional Culture and International Culture Exchange Festival will be held from April 5 to 9 at Thăng Long Citadel in Hà Nội. 

The festival aims to preserve and develop traditional culture and promote international friendship.

With 172 recognised relics and 97 heritage sites, HCM City boasts a wealth of culture. The city plans to spend millions of dollars preserving and promoting its rich history over the next few years, San Hà reports.

The first full-length study of Hà Nội’s cultural heritage, presented in a new book by the Centre for Research and Promotion of Cultural Value (CRPCV) under the Việt Nam Cultural Heritage Association, detailed 24 areas that need preservation.

Ca trù is a complex form of sung poetry found in the north of Việt Nam from the 11th century on, using lyrics written in traditional Vietnamese poetic forms. Musician Đặng Hoành Loan spoke about the development of ca trù in Hà Nội

Việt Nam has added six more cultural icons to the list of national intangible cultural heritages under the Decision 3609/QĐ-BVHTTDL issued recently by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST).