Vietnam firm embeds fishermen’s folk songs in tours for foreigners
Travel 11:13 06/01/2015A travel company in central Vietnam has incorporated the folk songs and rituals of local fishermen into its tours for foreign visitors to enhance their appeal and advance the tourists’ knowledge of the traditional indigenous culture
UNESCO lists folk songs in central Vietnam as Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Travel 16:51 28/11/2014“Vi” and “Giam” folk songs typical of the north-central Vietnamese provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh have just been acknowledged by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, an official of Vietnam’s Department of Cultural Heritage said Friday.
Korean dance troupe to perform folk tunes in ‘Arirang Saigon’ next month
Travel 14:55 21/11/2014A dance performance featuring South Korea’s iconic “Arirang” folk tune is slated to take place in Ho Chi Minh City early next month
Meeting the ethnic shamans in northwestern Vietnam
Travel 20:39 27/10/2014Brief meetings between a local culture researcher in September and ethnic shamans in northern Vietnam’s Tuyen Quang Province have shed light on their rich culture, particularly their worship folk paintings.
Vietnamese contemporary dance play to be staged in US this month
Travel 15:19 03/10/2014A Vietnamese dance play fusing contemporary and folk elements will be staged in the U.S. later this month and next month
Purchase of Tet folk paintings a refined Vietnamese tradition
Travel 15:08 24/01/2014One of Vietnamese people’s cultured Tet traditions is to buy and hang Tet folk paintings, traditionally believed to bring the owners good luck in the lunar new year.
VN’s oldest notated folk music piece to promote culture
Travel 14:04 08/07/2013“Vu khuc Dong Duong” (The Indochinese dance), Vietnam’s oldest notated “don ca tai tu” (southern folk music), which will be featured at the International Traditional Music Seminar held in Shanghai, China from July 10 to 17, will help better promote the country’s traditional music to the world.
‘The Soul of Vietnam’ debuts in Hanoi
Travel 15:58 03/07/2013“The soul of Vietnam”, a program which aims to promote traditional music and cultural values to foreign tourists and has been held regularly in HCMC in the past two years, has been taken to Hanoi starting July 1.
Girl band launches CD fusing traditional and world music
Travel 10:19 10/06/2013The Mat Troi Do girl band, who are known for their innovative fusion between traditional and modern music, has recently released a CD which features three types of folk music mixed with a world music style.
Provinces promote Southern folk music for UNESCO recognition
Travel 13:54 08/06/2013Twenty-one provinces which are home to don ca tai tu Nam Bo (Southern amateur folk music) are asked at a June 7 meeting to step up their promotion of the genre to boost its chances of earning the UNESCO’s recognition as an Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humankind.
The unique, sheer beauty of Vietnamese folk art
Travel 15:00 27/03/2013The singular, refined use of colors and the allegory cleverly employed in Vietnamese folk paintings are among the key factors that make them so unique
