The Vietnamese Art and Folk Music Development Centre opened the Folk Music Festival on August 7 on an open stage in Dong Xuan Market, Hoan Kiem District. 

Theatre director Viet Tu, whose art shows are big hits in Viet Nam, has continued his run of successes with his latest show Thua Ay Xu Doai or The Quintessence of Tonkin. Inspired by the traditional art form of water puppetry, 

Hau dong is a popular ritual in Vietnamese spiritual culture. It is one of the main rituals of dao Mau, the worship of mother goddesses recently identified by UNESCO as an intangible world cultural heritage. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition that opened this week at Ha Noi’s Fine Arts Museum depicts lacquer paintings depicting the Vietnamese practices related to belief in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms,

VietNamNet Bridge – At four years old, when most kids are busy with their toys, Nguyen Van Quan discovered his fondness for the traditional folk art and music of Viet Nam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Modernity threatens to wash away the old rituals of Mother Goddess worship, but it has found new life as meaningful entertainment for the public.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Researchers have been working to find a way to protect and preserve authentic hau dong, a medium ritual used in the northern religion of Dao Mau, which worships the Vietnamese deity of Mother Goddess.

On the occasion of the preparation of a dossier to submit to UNESCO for its recognition of Chau van as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, VNP had an interview with Prof. Ngo Duc Thinh, a leading expert in the Mother Goddess religion.