A week themed "Great National Unity - Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage 2018” will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, in Hanoi, from November 18 to 23.
A performance at
the opening ceremony of "Great National Unity - Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage 2017”. (Photo:VGP)
As part of the activities to mark the founding anniversary of
the Vietnam Fatherland Front (November 18, 1930) and Vietnam Cultural Heritage
Day (November 23), the event has attracted the participation of nearly 200
people from 15 ethnic groups across the country.
The highlights of this year’s event,
"Great National Unity” Festival at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic
Culture and Tourism, during the opening ceremony, will be the programme
"Colour of cultural heritage" introducing the national intangible
cultural heritage of ‘Soong Co’ singing of the San Diu ethnic group in Thai
Nguyen province.
The programme aims to preserve and uphold the
traditional cultural value of Vietnamese ethnic communities and enhance the
great national unity bloc, while advertising the Vietnam National
Village for Ethnic
Culture and Tourism as an attractive tourist destination for visitors from both
home and abroad.
Source: NDO
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