Phu Yen people often sing Bai Choi (singing while playing cards) during the traditional Lunar New Year festival (Tet). It is a unique feature of this region’s culture.

This type of song took shape in the 15th century and was performed at communal houses. From the beginning, it was appreciated by many Confucian scholars and madarins. I then became court music which acquired its noble character.

According to acknowledgement by ancient bibliographies, Ca tru’s organization and socio-cultural function are as below:

With thousand year left behind, the ca trù as a kind of artistic folkloric activity has been developed within the history of development of Hà Nội the capital of the country, originally Thăng Long – the “the Dragon Taking Off City”.

Water chanty in the North Central is the spiritual product, the expression of the closeness of Viet Community. The melodies of chanty widespread in a big space. In each region, there is a different style of chanty.  

In the folk song treasure of Vietnam, trong quan is the type of love song, the very simple and popular type in the North.

Hát Xoan (Xoan singing) played in custom ceremonies...

Hat xam, or the song of the blind artists, has existed since the Tran dynasty (13th century).

Hò are work songs sung by workers to reinforce themselves for hard jobs.

Hat van, or hat chau van, is a traditional folk art which combines trance singing and dancing....