Originated from two Nghe Tinh folk forms of Vi singing and Giam singing, Vi and Giam folk songs are practiced in almost daily activities of local people such as lulling children to sleep, cultivating rice in the fields, rowing boats, making conical hats…Vi songs are named according to different performing contexts, such as ‘rice-seedling transplanting Vi’, ‘conical-hat making Vi”, or ‘weaving Vi’ Vi is performed in three styles: non-alternating, alternating and ‘organized group’ singing Giam is performed in two styles: recitative and alternating boy and girl call-andresponse songs There are various types of Giam songs known as ‘lullaby Giam’, ‘narrative Giam’, ‘advice Giam’ There are stages in Giam singing Open, duet and conclusion Tone of Giam is usually flexible, tunable Melody tends to simple, primitive, rustic, easily to hear and remember Giam folk singing Boys and girls sing three to four sentences follow topic, content to express, sometimes ten to fifteen sentences or more can be presented for each group, all sentence have to think and extemporize directly Especially, no instrument supports for singing Similar to three stages of Giam singing, rule of Vi is more rigid for example: boys have to stand outside the gate and sing for the first stage, if he can pass, he will face to girl’s duet to come home Before conclusion’s singing Boy have to overcome challenges in girl’ singing relative to some topic of house owner Vi and Giam lyrics use the specific dialect and linguistic idioms of the Nghe Tinh region and practitioners sing with the particular singing voice of Nghe Tinh people The lyrics utilise various poetic forms and meters including a pair of six and eight syllable lines, and variants of six and eight syllable lines for Vi and five syllable lines for Giam Vi and Giam are sung separately, but they are also sung alternately Vi and Giam folk songs are strongly attached to lifestyles and customs of Nghe Tinh people They have a powerful vitality in contemporary life and have long been handed down, transmitted, preserved and promoted Vi and Giam folk songs are an artistic medium for expressing the ideas and spirit of the Nghe Tinh people at the same reflecting truthfully changes in social life Besides, Vi and Giam folk songs also contribute to educating traditional moral values including respect for parents, loyalty, care and devotion, call upon the people to oppose oppression and injustice Joining in Vi and Giam folk singing is the opportunity to strengthen community coherence Vi and Giam folk singing is the open space for everyone, regardless of their age, occupation and religion Performances are undertaken to ensure equality and mutual respect among communities, groups and individuals and contribute to sustainable development of society Vi and Giam folk songs are also the source of inspiration for many contemporary composers and have provided musical motifs for numerous well-known popular songs and operatic works that are well liked by the public Vi and Giam folk songs are practiced widely in Vietnamese community in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces According to an inventory undertaken by Viet Nam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies in 2013, now there are 75 Vi and Giam folk song groups with about 1,500 members, of which includes 803 master practitioners in 260 villages (168 villages in Nghe An Province and 92 villages in Ha Tinh Province) With unique and outstanding values, on 27 November 2014, in the 9th session of Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO in Paris (France), Vi and Giam folk songs of Nghe Tinh was officially recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity  ... practitioners in 260 villages (168 villages in Nghe An Province and 92 villages in Ha Tinh Province) With unique and outstanding values, on 27 November 2014, in the 9th session of Intergovernmental... the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO in Paris (France), Vi and Giam folk songs of Nghe Tinh was officially recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity