(BGO) - On March 24, the People's Committee of Van Ha
commune (Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province) held a ceremony to announce the
Prime Minister's decision recognizing Tho Ha communal house’s door painting in
fresco as a national treasure.
(BGO) – The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscapes includes a system
of historical and cultural relic sites associated with the birth, formation and
development of the Tran Dynasty and Truc Lam Zen sect in Vietnam. The drafting
of a scientific dossier to submit to UNESCO for recognition of the complex as a
world cultural heritage is underway. Once approved, it is expected to be the
first interprovincial world heritage of Vietnam.
The People’s Committee of Duy Xuyen District, Quang Nam Province, held a ceremony on March 14 to receive a certificate honouring the locality’s Lady Thu Bon Festival as a national intangible cultural heritage.
(BGO) - Quan ho (love duet) folk singing was recognized by
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on September 30, 2009. Over the
past years, the conservation and promotion of the value of the heritage in many
localities and at the provincial level have been focused. Attention has been
also paid to the teaching of quan ho to the young generation in Bac Giang,
helping this art form to live forever.
(BGO)- The people’s committee of Quang Ninh, Hai Duong
and Bac Giang provinces have committed to complete a scientific dossier on the
Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscapes in 2022 to seek the UNESCO
recognition of this place as a world heritage site.
(BGO)
– The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued decision to announce
the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage, including two festivals in
Bac Giang province (Tien Luc festival and mud-ball wrestling festival in Van
village).
In recent years, Bac Kan provincial authorities have encouraged the establishment of ‘Then’ singing clubs in a bid to preserve and promote the ‘Then’ practice of Vietnam’s ethnic groups of Tay, Nung, Thai, which was named in the UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity.