Culture

Vietnamese and foreign youngsters have joined Vietnamese Culture Day 2017 held by the La Trobe Vietnamese Students Association (LAVISA) in Melbourne, Australia. Vietnamese and foreign youngsters have joined Vietnamese Culture Day 2017 in Melbourne, Australia - Photo: VNA The April 26 event drew hundreds of Vietnamese and foreign students studying in Victoria state and the locals. Theo VNA … [Read more...] about Youngsters join Vietnamese Culture Day in Australia

Xoan singing, a community performance art from northern Vietnam, which faced the risk of extinction several years ago, has been added by UNESCO to its representative list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The decision was made at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Republic of Korea, on December 8. In November 2011, xoan singing of Phu Tho province was listed by the UN’s cultural body as an element of heritage in need of urgent safeguarding as it was scarcely practised by the locals. Since then, a concerted effort has been made to revive the art, with measures ranging from promoting community awareness and participation to teaching the art to schoolchildren and restoring the temples where xoan singing is usually performed. The action taken by both the local communities and the government has helped xoan singing to avoid the risk of disappearing into oblivion. In 2009, there were roughly just 100 … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s xoan singing recognised as intangible cultural heritage of humanity

(VEN) - The biennial Hue Festival in the old Vietnamese capital of Hue has become a major national and international cultural event. Themed “Cultural heritage with integration and development, Hue - one destination, five heritage properties”, Hue Festival 2018 will take place from April 27 to May 2. Cultural rendezvous In 1992, the city of Hue in the northern central province of Thua Thien Hue, co-sponsored along with Codev Viet Phap (CVP) a Vietnamese-French Festival. In light of its success, the province proposed holding a larger, higher quality event to showcase the unique heritage of the dynastic capital. Vietnamese ministries and the French Embassy in Vietnam supported the idea and in October 1998, the Vietnamese government officially allowed Thua Thien Hue to hold a biennial event - the Hue Festival. The first Hue Festival was held in 2000 in coordination with the French Embassy in Vietnam. Hue Festival 2018 will be themed according to major historical events and … [Read more...] about Hue Festival 2018: A taste of Vietnamese and international culture

The project marking the 25th anniversary of the British Council aims to promote closer cultural relations between the United Kingdom and Vietnam, running from 2018 to 2020 Heritage of Future Past delivered through the British Council’s Culture and Development will engage with the music and film heritage of Vietnam, with particular focus on aspects that are under threat, disappearing, or under-represented situations. The organizer will work with a wide range of communities across Vietnam, including cultural heritage agencies, institutions of the central and local governments, arts and cultural organizations, and individuals and private organizations to focus on research, documentation, conservation, training and capacity building, experimentation and innovation, advocacy and education, and the re-imagination and revitalization of cultural heritage assets in contemporary practices. The project will also promote more dynamic understanding and enjoyment, as well as use of, … [Read more...] about Project for preservation of cultural heritages launched

(VEN) - The 2018 Then Singing and Tinh Musical Instrument Festival, the sixth event of its kind, will take place in the northwestern province of Ha Giang on May 13 and 14. The festival is expected to attract domestic and foreign visitors seeking to discover traditional values of Vietnamese culture, and to help the highland locality promote tourism development. According to the organizing board, this year’s festival has attracted the participation of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups from 16 provinces and cities, including Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang, Quang Ninh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Dak Nong, Dak Lak and Ho Chi Minh City. Participants will include outstanding Then singing artisans from clubs and artistic troupes, and professional Then singers. The festival will offer a chance for practitioners of this ritual ethnic singing to exchange knowledge and learn from each other’s experiences in conserving and … [Read more...] about Then singing, the quintessence of ethnic culture