The central coastal province of Quang Ngai has just decided to promulgate a project for the conservation and promotion of the folk art form of Bai choi singing on February 15.
Authorities in northern Bac Ninh Province are planning to compile a dossier on the Vietnamese folk art of Dong Ho painting in a bid to secure UNESCO recognition.
A ceremony receiving UNESCO certificate of recognition for ‘Bai choi’ singing as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was held at the Nguyen Tat Thanh Square in Quy Nhon City, in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh on May 5.
Bai Choi singing, a folk music genre practised in Vietnam’s central region, has been added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.