Authorities in northern Bắc Ninh Province are planning to compile a dossier on the Vietnamese folk art of Đông Hồ painting in a bid to secure UNESCO recognition.

Racing pigeons was once something armies used during the Lý Dynasty. The birds carried messages from the northern border areas to the city that is now Ha Noi. When there was no longer any fighting, people carried on using pigeons to race, as a sport.

Nguyễn Cường is a songwriter who always dresses up as a Western cowboy. His songs are mostly about the Central Highlands. He has just released his first album.

The Việt Nam Music Development Centre has launched a singing contest to highlight the importance of folk music in the development of pop music.

A fusion concert featuring traditional music and beatboxing entitled Nam Nhi (Macho) by singer Ngô Hồng Quang, beatboxer Trung Bảo and a string quintet will be held at L’Espace on June 30, at 8pm.

Located 30km from Hà Nội, Bắc Ninh Province is renowned not only for its melodious quan họ (love duet) singing, but also for another romantic local hobby: raising homing pigeons.

Born in Hà Nội’s Old Quarter, songwriter Nguyễn Cường is most famous for his songs about the Central Highlands region. The 75-year-old  has just released his debut album entitled Tùng Dương Sings Songs by Nguyễn Cường. The veteran songwriter talks with Thúy Hằng about his newly born ‘offspring’ and his simple life with little need for money.

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.

The first festival on world’s intangible cultural heritage will be held in the northern province of Tuyên Quang in September. 

The northern province of Hưng Yên is branding itself as the gateway to Hà Nội City, in an effort to attract tourists and market its cultural sites and products.