VOV.VN - Vietnam has a rich tradition of folk music that, for centuries, has bound its people to their homeland and helped forge a spirit that contributed to defeating invading forces.

Swedish fiddler Mats Eden and Vietnamese musician Ngo Tra My will perform together on August 5 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The debut version of a Vietnamese-language singing contest for overseas Vietnamese people around the globe was introduced to the public at a press conference in Hanoi on October 11.

VOV.VN - The seventh Cai Rang floating market culture tourism festival was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from July 10 to July 12, with the occasion attracting plenty of domestic and foreign visitors.

VOV.VN - In December, 2017, UNESCO inscribed Xoan singing, a Vietnamese folk music genre in Phu Tho province, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

A group of young artists in Ho Chi Minh City will release a new bilingual art book featuring 30 folk music genres and theatrical performing arts, and six traditional festivals of Vietnam.