Mask dancing is a long-standing traditional practice which has been performed throughout many generations of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups in the northern province of Lang Son.
Vietnam's "Hoang Hoa sutrinh do" (the Envoy's journey to Chna) has been recognized as world documentary heritage in Asia and the Pacific under UNESCO's Memory of the World programme.
A book of maps detailing a Vietnamese envoy’s itinerary to China in the 18th century has been recognized as a documentary heritage by the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP).
(BGO) – The Bac Giang
provincial Museum and Center of Culture and Cinema on May 13 – 14 exhibited and
introduced the cultural heritage of Then singing of Bac Giang based Tay and Nung ethnic people in the sixth National Festival of the art of Then singing
and Tinh gourd lute of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups held in the northernmost
province of Ha Giang.
Then singing with Dan Tinh (gourd lute) is a unique art of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups in northern mountainous provinces such as Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Bac Can and Lang Son. It is an important spiritual activity of those groups.
The central province of Quang Nam, in cooperation with the Institute for Conservation of Monuments under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will begin an urgent project to protect the B3 tower in the UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary from collapse before the rainy season.
Lang Son province has encouraged the establishment of local Then singing clubs to promote the development of this genre of traditional singing – a typical culture of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic people in the northern mountainous region.
