Thirty nine art troupes from 21 countries have so far registered to take part in Hue Festival 2008 from June 3rd to 11th, said the Central Hue city’s Party Committee.

According to the Hue royal traditional theatre, a website about Hue royal music was officially launched at http://www.nhanhac.com.vn to popularize this specific music to the public.

Not only teaching performing skills of a traditional form of music and preserving ancient gongs, the most important gong preservation is to restore a space for gong performance – a living land of this precious traditional heritage.

On November 21st, the Central Highlands Dak Lak provincial People’s Committee held a gong festival at the provinces museum.

(CPV) – The Central Highlands Dak Lak provincial People’s Committee has decided to spend more than 6 billion VND from the local budget to implement a project to preserve the gongs cultural position.

The national cultural heritage council has asked the Prime Minister to permit the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to sign a profile in order to send UNESCO for the recognition of Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park as the world natural heritage for the second time for its biological diversification.

The Central Highland Gong Culture Festival 2007 will take place in Buon Ma Thuot City and Buon Don District of Central Highland Dak Lak Province in October with the participation of art gong troupes from such countries as Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia.

The People’s Committee of Northern Coastal Quang Ninh Province finalized plans to promote and call for the election of Ha Long Bay as one of seven natural wonders of the world.

(CPV) – Phong Nha – Ke Bang has been an attractive tourism site in the central region for a long time.

Central Vietnam land, full of sun and wind, is home to preeminent cultural values both human and beauty. On the narrow strip of land from Quang Binh to Quang Nam Province, the road to Central Vietnam Heritage was shaped.

The World Heritage site of Phong Nha – Ke Bang, a natural area in the oldest limestone region in Asia, created more than 400 million years ago, is located in Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province, some 50km North West from Dong Hoi. With its natural charms, Phong Nha – Ke Bang has enchanted many visitors.

Situated in the North-East of Vietnam, Halong Bay is a bay in the Gulf of Tonkin and comprises Halong City, the township of Cam Pha, and a part of the island district of Van Don. Halong Bay borders Cat Ba Island in the southwest, the East Sea in the east, and the mainland, creating a 120 km coastline.

In 1972, the 17th UNESCO Council officially passed the International Convetion on the Conservation of the World’s Natural Heritage, basically listing heritages of special value to manking and the coordinating actions among countries and nationalities for the sake of preserving their heritages.