Friends of Viet Nam Heritage (FVH) will host a day-long excursion on
Sunday to Khanh Waterfall to learn about Muong ethnic minority culture
in Hoa Binh Province.
Authorities in the northern province of Lao Cai plan to expand and
upgrade traditional markets in Bac Ha District to facilitate more trade
by ethnic minority communities and attract more tourists.
A class on the traditional music of the Bru-Van Kieu ethnic minority
group began on Tuesday at a secondary school in a mountainous district
of the central province of Quang Binh.
A music night with the theme Thap Sang Uoc Mo (To Light up a Dream)
will raise money for a fund that offers scholarships to poor and ethnic
minority students who have excellent learning results.
Fascinated by the centuries-old gong music of ethnic minority
communities in Viet Nam, Vincenzo Della Ratta, an Italian researcher,
has travelled to the Central Highlands of Viet Nam to learn about the
local gong culture, on which he will write his doctoral thesis.
The most attractive cultural features of ethnic
groups in Tay Nguyen (the Central Highlands) will be presented during
the second Central Highlands Cultural Days event organised in Ha Noi
this month.
Nearly 600 athletes from 16 cities and provinces are participating at the 7th National Ethnic Minorities'' Sport Games taking place in the northern province of Dien Bien.
