According to Nguyen Dang Tuc, director of the northern Bac Ninh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the province is preserving and promoting values of Quan ho folklore pursuant to the commitment with UNESCO. The provincial People’s Committee made a list to propose the State confer the title of “outstanding artist” to 40 Quan [...]

Vietnamese folk singing or “Quan Ho Bac Ninh” has been included in the list of “Best in Asia 2010” published by the US magazine The Times. In an article entitled “Dial-a-Lovely-Old-Song” by Martha Ann Overland on May 13, the magazine categorized Vietnamese folk singing in the “The Best of Soul” section. The article stated: “For [...]