Rain praying ritual of the X’tieng
Rain praying ritual of the X’tieng

VOV.VN - The rain praying ritual is a folk belief practice of the X’tieng ethnic minority in Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province.

Rain praying ritual of the X’tieng
Young Hanoian keeps traditional crafts alive
Young Hanoian keeps traditional crafts alive

VOV.VN - Ngo Quy Duc, a Hanoi native, is the founder of the "Return to the Village" project, which has helped many traditional craft villages promote and sell their products, expand their markets, and develop craft village tourism.

Young Hanoian keeps traditional crafts alive
Foreigners volunteer to assist flood victims in northern Vietnam
Foreigners volunteer to assist flood victims in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - The past few days has seen many foreigners present in heavily flooded areas across the northern region to offer food and other necessities to flood victims impacted by typhoon Yagi and subsequent flooding.

Foreigners volunteer to assist flood victims in northern Vietnam
Pounding Com Festival, a unique cultural feature of the Tay
Pounding Com Festival, a unique cultural feature of the Tay

VOV.VN - When the rice is about to be harvested, the Tay people in Tuyen Quang province hold a festival celebrating pounded com (young sticky rice).

Pounding Com Festival, a unique cultural feature of the Tay
Northwest mountain region celebrates new rice crop on National Day
Northwest mountain region celebrates new rice crop on National Day

VOV.VN - When autumn comes in Son La province, green rice fields begin to ripen and the terraced fields look even more golden under the sunlight.

Northwest mountain region celebrates new rice crop on National Day
Dao Thanh Phan women promote traditional embroidery
Dao Thanh Phan women promote traditional embroidery

VOV.VN - Embroidery is one of the main crafts of Dao Thanh Phan ethnic minority women in Yen Than commune, Tien Yen district, Quang Ninh province.

Dao Thanh Phan women promote traditional embroidery
Unique clothing of the Red Dao women
Unique clothing of the Red Dao women

VOV.VN - Women of the Red Dao ethnic group in northern Cao Bang province wear indigo clothes adorned with colorful embroidered images.

Unique clothing of the Red Dao women
Naming ceremony of the Mong
Naming ceremony of the Mong

VOV.VN - The Mong ethnic minority people in the northern mountain province of Cao Bang consider the naming ceremony for a child to be the starting milestone of a person’s life.

Naming ceremony of the Mong
Red Dao ethnic people preserve traditional medicinal remedies
Red Dao ethnic people preserve traditional medicinal remedies

VOV.VN - The Red Dao ethnic people in Phan Thanh commune of the northern border province of Cao Bang have established a community aimed at preserving and developing traditional medicinal remedies in association with tourism development.

Red Dao ethnic people preserve traditional medicinal remedies
Health worship ceremony of the Ede
Health worship ceremony of the Ede

VOV.VN - Health worship is an important ritual of the Ede ethnic group living in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Health worship ceremony of the Ede
Making Cần wine in the Central Highlands
Making Cần wine in the Central Highlands

VOV.VN - Cần wine, known locally as rượu cần, is a type of wine stored in a big jar and drunk with long bamboo straw. This is a unique traditional craft that has been passed on from generation to generation among ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands region.

Making Cần wine in the Central Highlands
Clothing of the Black Mong
Clothing of the Black Mong

VOV.VN - The Mong ethnic minority group has four branches: White Mong, Indigo Mong, Black Mong, and Flower Mong and each branch can be recognized by their traditional clothing.

Clothing of the Black Mong
Special wine of Bahnar ethnic people in Gia Lai
Special wine of Bahnar ethnic people in Gia Lai

VOV.VN - “Rượu cần”, a type of rice wine drank from a jar through straws, is an indispensable drink that can be enjoyed at festivals of the Bahnar ethnic people in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai.

Special wine of Bahnar ethnic people in Gia Lai
Ethnic people’s great respect and admiration for President Ho Chi Minh
Ethnic people’s great respect and admiration for President Ho Chi Minh

VOV.VN - Throughout his life, President Ho Chi Minh always paid special attention to ethnic affairs and ethnic people, who have talked about him with great respect and admiration.

Ethnic people’s great respect and admiration for President Ho Chi Minh
Twinning ceremony of the E De
Twinning ceremony of the E De

VOV.VN - The Ede ethnic minority people of Vietnam’s Central Highlands have preserved many of their ancient customs and traditions.

Twinning ceremony of the E De
Ethnic tourism village invites visitors to enjoy highland market during holiday
Ethnic tourism village invites visitors to enjoy highland market during holiday

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism will introduce a highland market in the capital’s suburban township of Son Tay for the five-day holiday held to mark National Reunification Day on April 30 and International Labour Day on May 1.

Ethnic tourism village invites visitors to enjoy highland market during holiday
Unique hair washing ritual of white Thai ethnic group
Unique hair washing ritual of white Thai ethnic group

VOV.VN - To celebrate the annual Then Kin Pang festival, the traditional Ap Ho Pang (hair washing) ritual of the white Thai ethnic people in Phong Tho district, northern Lai Chau province has been recreated, exciting crowds of locals and tourists.

Unique hair washing ritual of white Thai ethnic group
Lao ethnic group of Dien Bien celebrate water splashing festival
Lao ethnic group of Dien Bien celebrate water splashing festival

VOV.VN - The Lao ethnic minority group residing in Pa Thom commune of Dien Bien district in the northern province of Dien Bien have re-enacted the water splashing festival, with the aim of showing respect to ancestors and praying for bumper crops.

Lao ethnic group of Dien Bien celebrate water splashing festival
Preserving traditional musical instruments of ethnic groups in Cao Bang
Preserving traditional musical instruments of ethnic groups in Cao Bang

VOV.VN - Đàn Tính is a typical string musical instrument played by the Tay and Nung ethnic minority groups residing in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, with the instrument being played in all ceremonies and festivals.

Preserving traditional musical instruments of ethnic groups in Cao Bang
Two intangible cultural heritage elements to seek inscription into world lists
Two intangible cultural heritage elements to seek inscription into world lists

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has agreed on the submission of the dossiers on “Mo Muong” and the “art of Cheo” to UNESCO to seek the inscription of these intangible cultural heritage elements into world lists.

Two intangible cultural heritage elements to seek inscription into world lists
Bamboo musical instruments of the Xo Dang
Bamboo musical instruments of the Xo Dang

VOV.VN - Ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands have a rich treasure of musical instruments made of different materials.

Bamboo musical instruments of the Xo Dang
Vietnamese ethnic groups’ culture day to be celebrated in mid-April
Vietnamese ethnic groups’ culture day to be celebrated in mid-April

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism will hold a wide range of activities in the suburban township of Son Tay in the capital from April 18 to 21 to mark the culture day of Vietnamese ethnic groups.

Vietnamese ethnic groups’ culture day to be celebrated in mid-April
Exploring paper-making craft of Dao ethnic people in Cao Bang
Exploring paper-making craft of Dao ethnic people in Cao Bang

VOV.VN - Paper-making is a unique traditional craft practiced by the Red Dao ethnic minority people residing in Nguyen Binh district in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.

Exploring paper-making craft of Dao ethnic people in Cao Bang
Longevity ritual of the Nung in northern Vietnam
Longevity ritual of the Nung in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - "Tài khoăn", which means “Longevity ritual” in the Nung language, is held on one’s birthday or in the spring, at the beginning of the year.

Longevity ritual of the Nung in northern Vietnam
Xo May festival in Yen Bai province excites crowds
Xo May festival in Yen Bai province excites crowds

VOV.VN - Thousands of people flocked to the Xo May festival in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai with the intention of praying for luck in the new lunar year.

Xo May festival in Yen Bai province excites crowds
Muong people welcome Lunar New Year with Poon Poong festival
Muong people welcome Lunar New Year with Poon Poong festival

VOV.VN - Poon Poong is an ancient festival celebrated by the Muong ethnic minority people in Thanh Hoa province during the Lunar New Year or Tet.

Muong people welcome Lunar New Year with Poon Poong festival
Distinctive Gau Tao spring festival of the Mong in northern Vietnam
Distinctive Gau Tao spring festival of the Mong in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - The Mong ethnic people in northern Lai Chau province organize their traditional spring festival called Gầu Tào on the first days of the first lunar month to thank heaven and earth for wealth and good harvests, and to pray for a peaceful, prosperous and happy new year.

Distinctive Gau Tao spring festival of the Mong in northern Vietnam
Thai ethnic group make special cake to celebrate new spring
Thai ethnic group make special cake to celebrate new spring

VOV.VN - The white Thai ethnic people in Dien Bien province, northern Vietnam, make Khẩu xén, a kind of cake made of from sticky rice and fresh cassava roots, for daily use as well as during spring festivals.

Thai ethnic group make special cake to celebrate new spring
Hmong people pin hopes on custom of getting water on New Year’s Day
Hmong people pin hopes on custom of getting water on New Year’s Day

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Hmong ethnic people have treasured the custom of getting water on New Year’s Day for years, hoping that the new year may bring them health, good luck, and bumper crops.

Hmong people pin hopes on custom of getting water on New Year’s Day
Discovering the Tet holiday of Red Dao people in northern Vietnam
Discovering the Tet holiday of Red Dao people in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - A new spring has come, and the Red Dao ethnic people of the mountainous northern province of Yen Bai are celebrating their Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) in their own way.

Discovering the Tet holiday of Red Dao people in northern Vietnam