The Department of Culture and Sports of Lao Cai Province and the People's Committee of Bao Thang District (Lao Cai) organised a ceremony on August 12 to announce and receive the Decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on recognising Dao Ho ethnic people's weaving craft in Bao Thang District as part of national intangible cultural heritage.
A plan to preserve 92 unique architectural works in the city, including 30 works managed by the municipal administration, 50 State-managed architectures, and 12 built before 1954, has been announced by Hanoi City Department of Construction, Planning and Architecture.
The People’s Committee of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has just issued Document No.5928/UBND-VX4, agreeing on the policy for the People’s Committee of Da Lat city to build a dossier and plan to serve the application to be part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Creative Cities Network in the field of music.
Clothes worn by Pa Di women are different from other ethnic groups with their colorful patterns that are closely associated with their habitat of forests and mountains.
Watching the exhibition “Costume of the Nguyen Dynasty” at Le Ba Dang Art Center belonging to Hue Museum of Fine Arts, the public will have an overview about the costumes for different ranks in the Nguyen dynasty. It also reveals the hierarchy and uniqueness of the fine art in the Nguyen’s era.
An art programme was held in Hanoi on August 10, on the occasion of Vu Lan Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month in dedication to parents.
A book entitled ‘Kim Hoang Folk Painting’ made its debut at a ceremony held in Hanoi on August 8 by the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum and the Hanoi Pottery Museum.
‘Mo Muong’ is a popular folk rite practised in funerals or rituals to pray for the good health of the Muong ethnic community. This is a unique intangible cultural and spiritual heritage which has been practised and safeguarded by many generations of Muong people.
Puppeteer Phan Thanh Liem will join other artists from the Research Institute of Minorities Culture, to tour the Republic of Korea (RoK) and introduce the art of Vietnamese water puppetry to people throughout the host country.
An exhibition of the origin of life, with thousands of fossil specimens aged 100 million to billions of years, has been open to the public in Hue for the first time, bringing surprising excitements to the viewers.