A exclusive performance of UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of quan họ (love duet) folk singing will be organised to celebrate the New Year festival in the capital city.
The Hong Kong-based charity organisation Animals
Asian Foundation (AAF) is calling for public support to end a pig
sacrifice ceremony in Nem Thuong Village in Bac Ninh Province, which
they describe as "barbaric cruelty". However, most locals disagree,
saying that the ritual instils in...
Huu Chap Village in Bac Ninh Province has played the traditional game bamboo
keo co (tug of war) for hundreds of years, but now it is being lost amid
rapid socio-economic development, said an elderly resident, Nguyen Van
Hai.
Every lover of Vietnamese music knows Bac Ninh as the home of quan ho (love duets) and ca tru (ceremonial singing), both listed by UNESCO as intangible heritages of mankind.
HCM City Television is set to broadcast the second season of Kham Pha Viet Nam (Taste of Viet Nam) hosted by well-known American chef Robert Danhi starting on July 18 on its HTV 7.
Photos and videos of dragon and fairy engravings on
pillars and wooden walls of Vietnamese communal temples from the 16th
century to the early 19th century are being shown as part of an exhibit
at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.
Viet Nam beat Thailand''s youth team 25-23, 27-29,
27-25, 27-25 to win the VTV Cup international women''s volleyball
tournament on Saturday in Bac Ninh Province.
Viet Nam beat Australia in the third day of the 2014 VTV International
Women''s Volleyball Cup in the northern province of Bac Ninh yesterday.
The team won 25-6, 25-14 and 25-19.
The Kinh Duong Vuong festival began at the
historical Kinh Duong Vuong-Lac Long Quan-Au Co temple and royal tomb
complex in Thuan Thanh District, northern Bac Ninh Province last
Saturday.
An ancient stele monument, recently excavated in Thanh Hoai Village in
the northern province of Bac Ninh''s Thuan Thanh District, is believed
the oldest ever found in the country.
The Government''s support for archeological work is inadequate at
present, posing the danger of the nation losing precious vestiges of its
cultural heritage, experts say.
