The central province of Nghe An is implementing a series of measures topreserve and promote the value of Vi-Giam folk singing, an intangiblecultural heritage of humanity.

Vi-Giam folk music is arepartee sung while working. It reflects the work, cultural life andfeelings of the residents in the central coastal provinces.

The preservation is currently facing a number of problems since fewerresidents sing this genre of music and many of the documentariesrelating to the singing were lost.

The province, therefore, isworking on campaigns to raise the public’s awareness of the culturalvalue of Vi-Giam and encourage the localities to set up teams of localsingers to increase its popularity.

The province plans tointroduce the singing in schools and its external activities along withorganising regular singing programmes in tourism areas.

It also looks to hold an annual event for the type of singing to nurture its development.

A website named “Nghe Tinh’s Vi-Giam folk singing” will be built inassociation with the intangible cultural heritage database under theMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vi-Giam folk music ispopular in nearly 260 villages in the central provinces of Nghe An andHa Tinh. The two provinces have 75 singing clubs with over 1,500vocalists, many of whom are actively preserving the folk music.

It was officially recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity in November 2014.-VNA