VOV.VN - The new rice celebration is one of the most important rituals of the Co Tu ethnic minority to show their gratitude to heaven and earth for giving them good weather and bumper crops.

VOV.VN - The white Thai ethnic people residing in Muong So commune of Phong Tho district, Lai Chau province, are renowned for the Kin Lau Khau Mau festival (or the young rice festival) during which participants gather to pray for favourable weather and bumper crops.

VOV.VN - Eight people have been reported dead and missing following the recent downpours which unleashed floods and landslides across the northern and central regions.

VOV.VN - Ma Ma Me, also known as the young rice festival of the Kho Mu ethnic people, is held annually in the northwestern province of Lai Chau with the aim of praying for favourable weather and bumper crops.

VOV.VN - April is the peak of the dry season in the Central Highlands. In this month the Ede people in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province, hold a ceremony to pray for rain, favorable weather, bountiful crops, a prosperous life, and happiness.

VOV.VN - Each year in late March the Jrai ethnic people who reside in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai hold a ceremony in order to worship the forest god, whilst also praying for villagers’ good health and bumper crops.

VOV.VN - Hailstorms have hit the northern province of Dien Bien and the central province of Nghe An over the past two days, causing damage to local rice and subsidiary crops.

The Can Tho University in collaboration with the Global Crop Diversity Trust held a seminar in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on March 13 to discuss biodiversity for opportunities, livelihoods and development in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Beating drums until they break is a special festival of the Ma Coong ethnic people in Quang Binh province to pray for favorable weather, bumper crops, a prosperous village, healthy people, and no diseases.

VOV.VN - On Solar New Year’s Day, the Xe Dang people in Cu M’gar district, Dak Lak province, celebrate the New Rice Festival, the biggest annual worship ritual of the ethnic group in a year.