Additional 11 national intangible cultural heritages in Vietnam

The heritages are recognized in four categories, including traditional handicrafts, traditional festivals, social practices and beliefs and folklore knowledge.

They are a festival of Chu Xa village in Hanoi's Gia Lam district; the "gau tao" festival of H'Mong ethnic people in Phong Tho, Sin Ho and Tam Duong districts of the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau; the Dai Bi pagoda festival in the northern province of Nam Dinh's Nam Truc district; the "cap sac" (maturity ritual) of Dao Quan chet ethnic people in Tua Chua district, the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien; the Linh Quang temple and pagoda festival in the northern province of Nam Dinh's Truc Ninh district; the "cap sac" (maturity ritual) of Dao Tien ethnic people in the northern province of Phu Tho's Tan Son district; the art of pattern making on costumes of H'Mong Hoa ethnic people in Moc Chau district, the northwestern mountainous province of Son La province; the "goi au" (Lung ta) ritual of the Thai Trang ethnic group in Quynh Nhai district, the northwestern mountainous province of Son La; the Tra On temple festival in southern province of Vinh Long's Tra On district; and the Nguyen Tieu (Mid-First Lunar Month) festival of the Hoa ethnic people in Ho Chi Minh City.

The ministry assigned the authorities at all levels in localities where intangible cultural heritages are located to be responsible for management of the heritages within the scope of their duties and in accordance with the law and regulations on cultural heritages.

(Source: CPV)