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Hang Trong Painting, last of a fading breed

Online Travel Vietnam: Le Dinh Nghien is now the last artist of the once famous Hang Trong paintings, which are losing its place on the walls of local people.

Online Travel Vietnam: The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday cast a unanimous vote to recognize Vietnam’s Xoan Singing as a new World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of urgent protection in Bali.

Rich Phu Yen culture beckons

Online Travel Vietnam: The south central province of Phu Yen is well-known for its undulating coastline and majestic seascapes. It's also associated with its picturesque lighthouses and been in the headlines following the discovery of ancient stone xylophones made by Stone Age people thousands of years ago.

Online Travel Vietnam: The fascinating cultures of 22 ethnic minority groups in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang will be featured at the fifth Ha Giang Ethnic Cultural Festival to be held August 20-22, coinciding with the province's 120th anniversary.

A royal mess

Online Travel Vietnam: A traditional form of music that originated and flourished centuries ago is being cheapened to death

Online Travel Vietnam: The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has been working with the Phu Tho provincial People’s Committee to assemble a dossier on Xoan singing (a type of folk song in the province) aiming to seek UNESCO recognition of it as an ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of Urgent Protection’. The article below, written by musician Cao Khac Thuy, gives readers an overview of this unique and long-standing folk treasure of Vietnam.

Online Travel Vietnam: The fourth Vietnam Folk Song Festival of the Central Highlands and the southern province of Binh Phuoc will be held in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong from March 25-27.