The 2023 National Traditional Musical Instrument Solo and Orchestra Competition kicked off in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, on June 10, attracting the participation of nearly 1,000 artists from 38 art troupes across the country.
A concert featuring contemporary and folk music of Vietnam will be held at the French cultural center L’Espace in Hanoi on December 1, starting at 8 p.m.
Xoan singing, a folk music genre in Vietnam’s northern midland province of Phu Tho, has been removed from UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.