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UNESCO presented Vietnam a certificate recognizing Xoe Thai dance as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at a ceremony held in Yen Bai province on September 24.

Xoe dance has become a symbol of hospitality of Thai people and an important cultural imprint of the community in the northwestern mountainous region.

The art of Xoe dance of Thai ethnic minority people in Vietnam has been listed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at the 16th session of the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is taking place from December 13-18