Folklorist Nguyễn Hùng Vĩ, former lecturer at the Department of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University, talks about the importance of spring festivals in Vietnamese folk culture.
A forum on literary works on the Dien Bien Phu Victory was held by the
Preservation and Research Centre for Viet Nam Traditional Culture and
its partners in Ha Noi this week.
The Central Highland province of Kon Tum has seen success in reviving
as many as 19 traditional festivals of local ethnic minority
communities, as part of efforts to preserve the area''s heritage.
Tourists and the general public will be admitted
free to many cultural activities in the Old Quarter to promote a
festival entitled Traditional Handicraft with Contemporary Arts.
