Ca Trù is a complex form of sung poetry found in the north of Việt Nam from the 11th century on, using lyrics written in traditional Vietnamese poetic forms. Loan spoke about the development of ca trù in Hà Nội. Interview with Musician Đặng Hoành Loan is former deputy head of the Việt Nam Institute of Musicology about Ca Trù presevation and development in Viet Nam...

A project to preserve and develop quan ho (love duet singing) and ca tru (ceremonial singing) has been approved by authorities in Bac Ninh province in the North.The project, backed by UNESCO as intangible heritage, will receive VND65 billion (US$3.2 million) from the provincial budget over the next seven years. The main aim of the project will be to teach quan ho and ca tru and popularising them in the community – and restoring pagodas and temples, where the arts were performed in the past.

Friendly, open-minded, full of attractive, that is the feeling of those who have ever met the French-citizenship musician, Mr. Trần Quang Hải. He, with nearly fifty years closely attaching to the musicology researches, is supposed as one of pioneers of the world in this field. He and his overtone voice, the mouth harp, and spoons travel many places of the world to perform and introduce Vietnamese traditional music.

On July 09, 2010, the Vietnamese Institute for Musicology organized the press release on the sixth symposium of the ICTM study group on Music and Minorities and second symposium of the ICTM study group on Applied Ethnomusicology. This is the first time in history of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) that two study groups co-organize their symposium in a country. The Vietnamese Institute for Musicology is the host for this scientific event in Hanoi under sponsor by Norwegian transposition program.

Between 08-11 of June 2010, to act as a proxy for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Department of Copyright organized the training conference entitled Intellectual Property Rights on Copyright and Related Rights for the purpose to improve the knowledge about enforcement of government’s decrees and terms on this law.

At 10:45 Abu Dhabi time (14:45 Vietnam time) of October 01, 2009, UNESCO listed Ca trù of Vietnam in the Intangible Cultural Heritages in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Fifteen files of nine countries registered for the first List of Intangible Cultural Heritages in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, twelve of them were recognized.

The world festival on goong in 2009 will be held in Gia Lai province on 8 – 11 of November, with attending of 30 goong troupes, in which including five troupes coming from ASEA. The festival, with the aim to honour the space of gong in Gia Lai in particular and Highland Center in general, belongs to the activities of preservation and rehabilitation the values of human intangible heritage “Cultural space of goong in Highland Center”

Recently, the Vietnam Folk Cultural Association chose to recognized the title as folk artists to seven artists in Kon Tum province at the fields of creation, performing, training of traditional instruments, and telling epic. At telling epic, artists A Ngleuh in Dak Mar commune – Ngoc Hoi district – Ba na monority, and two of Ro Ngao minority including artist Aluit in Dak To Re commune – Kon Ray district, and artist A Den in Dak La commune – Dak Ha district honor to received the title.

One of project that on the way by Vietnam Culture and Arts Institute is restore some folk festivals with playing of contemporary arts.The high techniques in interaction of contemporary arts, will be test in the ceremony of Lanh Giang temple of Duy Tien district – Ha Nam province on July 23, and played by young artists Phuong Vu Manh, Vu Nhat Tan, Pham Van Truong.

On 16 – 18 of June, 2009, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Phu Tho province coordinated with the Vietnamese Institute for Musicology, and the Vietnam Association of Literature to carry out a survey for setting up the file on Xoan singing of Phu Tho province to submit UNESCO to recognize as a human intangible heritage which need to be preserve in urgent. Taking part in the survey includes Pf.PhD. To Ngoc Thanh – Chairman of Vietnam Association Literature, and PhD Le Van Toan – Deputy Rector of Vietnam National Academy of Music.