(VOVworld) - The ASEAN traditional music festival 2015 titled "Connecting the World Heritage" will take place in Thanh Hoa Province from August 1^st-8^th. This is a part of the National Tourism Year program to promote Viet Nam’s cultural heritage values and celebrate the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community later in the year. It is an occasion for artists from all ASEAN member nations to meet and exchange their experience as well as learning about the uniqueness of traditional music possessed by each country in the bloc. The festival provides an occasion for artists to introduce and honour distinctive values in the folk music from each country, cementing the relationship and unity among the bloc in the field of art and culture. Twelve art groups will take place in the event which is expected to feature the unity in diversity of the ASEAN cultures. A workshop entitled “ASEAN countries’ folk music – unity in diversity” will be organized during the festival.