Co Bo is an ancient art of playing drums, which developed to serve the kings of the Nguyen Dynasty. This special musical performance has been maintained by people in a northern village, about 750km from the old imperial city of Hue in central Vietnam.

Houses more than a 100 years old, a communal well, banana plants and areca palms – the Hoang Hoa Hamlet has them all and more, in more or less pristine condition.

Since the 17th century, the fertile land in the North of the Tien River has been reclaimed and developed by generations of inhabitants into an area with rich rice fields, fruit gardens, and busy trade along the river banks. Gradually, the brisk market towns of My Tho and Go Cong emerged in the fertile Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta. This area is Tien Giang Province.

Two ancient bronze drums have been discovered in mountainous Axan Commune, Tay Giang District of the central province of Quang Nam.

Ceramic treasures and a kiln dating back to the 7th-8th centuries have been unearthed at Ha Long city’s Tuan Chau District in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The remains of Neolithic humans dating from 7-8000BC have been discovered in the Nguom Vai Cave, Gai Village in the northern province of Cao Bang.

The “Ancient Topographic Map of Hanoi and Surroundings” exhibition opened yesterday in Hanoi on the occasion of upcoming 1000th Anniversary of the Thang Long – Hanoi Foundation.

A collection of close to 1,000 unique artifacts from the holy land of Cat Tien in Central Highlands Lam Dong province are currently on show in Ho Chi Minh City .

In Co Loa Commune, Dong Anh District, about 18 km from Hanoi, the Co Loa Citadel, or ancient walled city, continues to fascinate domestic and foreign visitors.

Builders in Hoi An, the central province of Quang Nam , have uncovered a number of antiques estimated to date back around 200 years.