CONTENTS
Foreword .................................................................................................. 3
1. The Culture along the Red river in Vietnam-problems and approaches ............................................................................................... 5
2.Coconuts Green Old Villages ............................................................. 34
3.Communication and acculturation in Vietnamese marine culture ...... 51
4. Nam Bo Cultural Region ................................................................... 90
5.Canals, sea and the Mekong delta Vietnam ........................................ 99
6.The Viet Village in the South and Folk Culture of the Viet in the
Mekong Delta ...................................................................................... 115
7. The Parameters of the Vietnamese Folklore in the South ................ 141
8. Nature and Vietnamese Folklore of Viet People in the South ......... 152
9. The Variations of a Legend ............................................................. 165
10. An Overview of Vietnamese Humorous Stories ............................ 184
11. Trang Stories .................................................................................. 213
12. Variation of a Ritual Folk Song Genre .......................................... 233
13. Quan họ Bac Ninh folk song- a Vietnamese human intangible
heritage representative of humanity ................................................... 259
14. A Study on Traditional Festivals in Vietnam ................................. 275
15. An Approach to Whale Welcoming Festival in Binh Thang Commune ............................................................................................. 291
16. The Goddess Worship of the Viet People in the South Viet Nam ..................................................................................................... 320
17. The Cult of The Tutelary Genie in the Viet Villages of Nam Bo .. 366
18. Researching on ecoculture in Vietnam achievements and problems .............................................................................................. 381
19. Vietnamese Maritime Cultural Studies - Achievements and Challenges ........................................................................................... 399
20.The Intangible Cultural Heritage in Hanoi’s Old Quarters: Reservation
and Promotion ..................................................................................... 423
21.Preservation of Thang Long - Hanoi Tangible Cultural Heritage,
Methodological Issues ......................................................................... 434
22.Cultural heritage: Vietnamese burden or property in contemporary society ................................................................................................. 446
Note ..................................................................................................... 464
Index .................................................................................................... 469
Contents ............................................................................................... 484