The “Cultural Festival for Peace” was held in Hanoi on October 6, gathering a large number of artists, artisans, and representatives from 30 districts in the city.

Christian Manhart, UNESCO Representative to Vietnam, has hailed the nation’s success in connecting its tangible with intangible heritage and affirmed UNESCO’s further close collaboration serving Vietnam’s sustainable development.

A festival of Xam singing, or singing by blind buskers, has been held in the northern province of Ninh Binh, to promote and preserve the intangible heritage and local cultural values and contribute to the recovery of domestic tourism post-pandemic.

The Hanoi Amateur Water Puppetry Festival 2021 will be held on May 17 in Hanoi, aiming at promoting and preserving Vietnam’s unique intangible heritage.

In the face of strong urbanisation, the preservation of unique cultural and architectural heritages in Hanoi is more urgent than ever.

The northern province of Phu Tho launched a daily tour from Hanoi to the land of Hung Kings in early April, allowing tourists to explore traditional Xoan singing. The tour is designed to boost tourism and preserve the local intangible heritage, according to a local official.

The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism has signed the dossier on “Then singing practice of Tay, Nung, Thai ethnic groups of Vietnam” to submit to the UNESCO asking for the singing’s recognition.

The Hanoi Ca Tru Festival 2016 for young singers will take place in Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) on November 11-13, aiming to seek young talent and promote the art.

The Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism and the People’s Committee of Yen Bai province on October 26 jointly held a conference to build a national dossier on Xoe dance of Thai ethnic people.

Since the start of 2016, the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre (HMCC) has received almost two million visitors, including 1.43 million foreigners, an increase of 36.5 percent year-on-year.

A class on traditional culture of the Bo Y ethnic minority group in the northern province of Lao Cai will be held in the locality from May 11 to 13.

Ba Trao, the traditional singing by fishermen in the central province of Quang Nam, has been recognised as a national intangible heritage.

A ceremony was held on January 21 by the People’s Committee of Hung Ha district in the northern province of Thai Binh to mark the 790 th founding anniversary of the Tran Dynasty (1225-1440).