NDO – The central province of Quang Binh held a ceremony in Dong Hoi city on April 24 to receive the UNESCO certificate in recognition of Bai Choi singing, a popular style of folklore singing in the central and south-central regions of Vietnam, as an intangible heritage of humanity. 

NDO/VNA – After three years of renovations, Vietnamese and Indian experts have completed the upgrade of Towers K and H – rare buildings that have remained as part of the complex of temples at My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam. 

NDO/VNA – The Hai Van Quan (Hai Van Gate) national relic site will be restored for preservation as proposed by the People’s Committee of Thua Thien-Hue province. 

NDO – Tu Duc Tomb in Hue imperial city has been digitally recorded on the Google Arts & Culture Platform to be promoted worldwide, making it the first heritage of Vietnam to be added to Google’s collection. 

NDO – The second open festival on “Practices Related to Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in Three Realms” of Thanh Hoa province was organised at the Phu Nua relic site, Tan Ninh commune, Trieu Son district, on April 13. 

NDO/VNA – Eight Dong Son bronze drums discovered in several locations around the Malaysian peninsula are believed to have been left behind sometime between 500 BC-500 AD. 

NDO – Few people would think that the traditional craft of making Do (poonah) paper has been practiced and preserved by the Muong ethnic people in such a remote area as Suoi Co village, Hop Hoa commune, Luong Son district, in the northern province of Hoa Binh. 

NDO – An ancient bronze drum and several relics, including bones and bronze axes, have been found in Ta Thang village, Gia Phu commune, Bao Thang district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. 

NDO - The National Archives Centre I has completed the restoration of a damaged imperial investiture document issued in 1769 under the reign of the Le Dynasty Emperor Canh Hung. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam will soon officially ask the UNESCO to consider putting the country’s Xoe Thai dance in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and Cham pottery making art among Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. 

NDO – Hanoi is now home to 18 heritages which have been recognised as national cultural ones. Over the past recent years, the municipal Department of Culture and Sports has coordinated with the local authorities to take measures to safeguard and promote the value of these heritages, turning them into tourist products which have benefited local residents. 

NDO – With passionate enthusiasm and tremendous efforts, locals in Dong Ngu water puppetry village in Ngu Thai commune, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province, have sought a way to revive its glory days of the past, reaffirming the vitality of their ancestors’ age-old practice. 

NDO – After three years with many field trips to various regions and meetings with cultural researchers, over 20 first episodes of the project ‘Vietnamese Mother – Mother Goddess Worship religion’ have been finished, initially bringing a basic and general view of the values of this religion – an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. 

NDO – The recent programme themed ‘Rang ro mien quan ho’ (Radiance of Love Duet Singing Region) was chosen as the highlight of the 2019 'Visiting the land of Quan Ho (Love Duet) singing' Festival, which is held by the Bac Ninh provincial People’s Committee from February 13-28.