The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a plan to support the study, restoration, and preservation of ethnic minorities’ intangible cultures which are at risk of falling into oblivion.
Boasting jaw-dropping landscapes as well as a kaleidoscope of cultural traits, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has worked hard to sustainably develop its community-based tourism.
Thai ethnic people in Than Uyen district, the northern province of Lai Chau, held their traditional new year festival of Lung Tung (Going to the field) on January 29, drawing crowds of local residents and visitors.
Hanoi will build a national dossier for Mo Muong to be included in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Mo Muong is a job and also a performance practiced at funerals, religious festivals, and life cycle rituals by the Muong ethnic group.
For the Giay ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, the land, forest, and rivers have their own gods. The forest god is the most sacred deity, protecting villagers in their daily life.
The People’s Committee of Binh Thuan province has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) requesting that Thay Thim Palace festival be added to the list of national intangible cultural heritage. This would preserve and promote the traditional culture of the festival.
A kaleidoscope of cultures, rituals, and cuisine of ethnic minority groups around the country will be highlighted throughout April at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Those who have visited Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic people in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam are often astounded by traditional Then singing, which is accompanied by a handmade gourd lute called “Dan tinh” or “Tinh Tau”.
A kaleidoscope of Vietnam’s ethnic culture, rituals and cuisine will be introduced at the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic groups in Son Tay town on the outskirt of Hanoi in December.
Nghinh Ong Festival, an event for fishermen to show their respect for whales and gratitude for a bumper catch, began in Can Gio district of Ho Chi Minh City on October 3.
The ethnic Cham Brahman people will hold the Kate festival, their most important event in the year, in the central province of Ninh Thuan from October 19-21.
The Giong Festival began in Phu Dong village, Gia Lam district, Hanoi, on May 2 or the seventh day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, attracting many tourists.
Naopechau, a traditional festival celebrated annually by the Mong ethnic group, was recently enacted at the Vietnam National Village For Ethnic Culture And Tourism in Hanoi.
The body of Thailand ’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej was moved from Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital to the Grand Palace on October 14 where his funeral rites will be carried out.
More than 10,000 people have attended the Tourism and Culture Week hosted by the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, which concluded in Sin Ho district on April 30.
Traditional rituals were held in the northern province of Phu Tho to commemorate the death anniversary of the nation’s legendary founder Lac Long Quan and mother Au Co.
Traditional rituals, folk games as well as other cultural exchanges attracted crowds of locals and visitors at the Tan Vien Son Thanh (Tan Vien Mountain Saint) festival which opened on February 21.
Traditional Vietnamese art performances, rituals and folk games were among the highlights of the Vietnamese Culture Festival Day on November 22 in Guilin, China.
