Wedding of Giay ethnic people in Lao Cai
The Giay people care a great deal about marriage and the continuation of the family line but less concern about family’s wealth or poverty. For them, the most important things are morality, family tradition, and respect.
Gia ra festival – unique custom of Cor people
“Gia ra” is the biggest festival in a year for the Cor ethnic minority group, who live mainly in the central province of Quang Ngai’s Tay Tra and Tra Bong districts as they mark the end of a rice crop, traditionally lasting one year.
Khen Be (Pan-pipe)- A Unique Musical Instrument
Legend has it that a poor young man named Lo went missing from his village. After some time his friends went to look for him and finally found him, dead by a stream with a Khen Be in his hand.
Preserving space of gong culture in Central Highlands
(VOV) -The space of gong culture in the Vietnam Highlands is home to cultures that value gongs. It spreads in the Central Highland provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, and Lam Dong.
More Champa relics discovered in Binh Dinh
The Museum of central Binh Dinh province has announced the discovery of more than 600 precious items during a recent archaeological excavation of Champa ruins at Rung Cam (Forbidden Forest) site at Thu Thien Thuong village, Binh Nghi commune, Tay Son district.
Ethnic M’ Nong recognised as nation’s oldest man
Y’N Dong, a 116-year-old ethnic M’ Nong man living in Dak Song district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, has officially been recognised as the oldest man alive in Vietnam by the Vietnam Records Organisation (Vietkings).
Pa Then women preserve traditional brocade weaving craft
(VOV) -Pa Then ethnic women in northern mountain Ha Giang province have made constant efforts in preserving the cultural values of their group as the traditional craft is facing a risk of sinking into oblivion.
Pan-pipe festival on Dong Van plateau
(VOV) -This year’s H’Mong Khen (pan-pipe) festival, held during the National Day holiday on Dong Van Karst Plateau, Ha Giang province, attracted large numbers of visitors.
Gia Lai reaps fruits in implementing ethnic policies
The Party and State’s ethnic policies have come to life in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai, helping improve the living standards of residents, especially those from ethnic minority inhabited areas.
H'Mong people show flute skills in August festival
(VOV) - The H'Mong ethnic minority people’s traditional Khen (flute) festival is set to take place in Dong Van district, Ha Giang province on August 30-31 featuring a wide range of special activities.
“Wife stealing” custom of H’Mong people
As spring arrives in the northwestern region, it is the time when young H’Mong men ask their friends to help them to “steal or pull a wife”, an established local custom.