VOV.VN - Vietnam has added five cultural practices and festivals to its national list of intangible cultural heritage, highlighting the country’s efforts to preserve traditional knowledge, rituals and community-based customs.

VOV.VN - At the start of 2026, many visitors choose eco-cultural tourism sites or travel to villages in Dak Lak province, Vietnam’s Central Highlands, to listen to gong performances, join xoang dances, and experience the everyday cultural life of the E De ethnic people.

VOV.VN - The traditional brocade weaving craft of the Cham ethnic community in Chau Phong Commune, An Giang Province, which dates back to the early 19th century, has evolved to support tourism while continuing to meet the practical needs of the Cham Muslim community living along the Hau River.

VOV.VN - For many, especially Ede ethnic people, in the Central Highlands, the new long house ritual is considered an important event, as the house serves as the witness to numerous milestones in a family’s life.

VOV.VN - The Ho Su Cha New Year of the Ha Nhi ethnic group in Thu Lum commune, northern Lai Chau province, is a distinctive traditional festival that has been preserved and passed down through generations.

VOV.VN - Big Drum Music of the Khmer ethnic people features an ensemble of 15 musical instruments, led by the large drum. In the Mekong Delta, only a few Khmer individuals still know how to play this lead instrument.

VOV.VN - In the forests and mountains of the Central Highlands, above the sound of the wind and streams, travelers may sometimes hear the sound of a dinh tut flute, the traditional instrument of the Ede people. The ding tut is considered the voice of their cultural heritage.

VOV.VN - Throughout their history of survival and growth, the Chut ethnic people have created and safeguarded numerous distinctive material and spiritual cultural values, enriching Vietnam’s cultural heritage.

The O Du ethnic people's ceremony to welcome the first thunder of the year has been listed as national intangible cultural heritage, in the category of social customs and beliefs.

VOV.VN - Yen Phu is a purely agricultural commune in Van Yen district, Yen Bai province, where the Cao Lan ethnic people make up nearly 10% of the population.