Now you are going to discover dozens of treasures of Vietnamese folk songs. Each region in Vietnam has it own types of folk songs. Vietnamese music varies slightly in the three regions: Bắc or North, Trung or Central, and Nam or South. Northern classical music is Vietnam's oldest and is traditionally more formal. Vietnamese classical music can be traced to the Mongol invasions, when the Vietnamese captured a Chinese troupe. Central classical music shows the influences of Champa culture with its melancholic melodies. Southern music exudes a lively attitude.

1. Northern folk songs contain Quan ho singing (in Bac Giang, Bac Ninh), Xoan singing (in Phu Tho), Hát trống quân (in nothern plain provinces from Thanh Hoa), hát xẩm (in northern plain provinces), hát dặm (in Ha Nam), Ca trù (in northern provices), chèo tàu hát dô (singing on boats). Besides, there are a lot of kinds of songs of northern ethnic groups such as: Thai (in Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Hoa Binh...), Tay and Nung (in Cao Bang, Ha Giang...), Muong (in Hoa Binh), Hmong (in Son La, Thanh Hoa...)

2. Central of Vietnam contains some types of traditional music scuh as Hò (most popular in Can Tho), Hò Trung Bộ ( a kind of Hò), Hát ví dặm (in Nghe An, Ha Tinh...), Hô bài chòi (in Quang Binh)




3. Southern Vietnam consists of Hò Nam Bộ (a kind of Hò), Lý Nam Bộ (it has in 3 regions but is most popular in the South), Đờn ca tài tử (origined from Nhã nhạc in Hue and traditional literature). Besides, there are some traditional music of ethnic groups such as Ede, Bana...



Nowadays many modern artists have covered these traditional songs which have new interesting sound.

This is a potpourri of traditional songs, "Three regions" performed by Minh Tuyet- Ha Vy- Tam Doan (these artists are living and working in C.A, USA), released by Thuy Nga production



Another potpourri of traditional songs,"Three regions", performed by a pop singer Thanh Thao (belongs her album in 2007): Download


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