Longevity celebration of Nung ethnic minority people
Longevity celebration of Nung ethnic minority people

VOV.VN - There are approximately 80 thousand Nung people living in the northern province of Bac Giang, 45 km north of Hanoi. They earn a living from rice growing and gathering. Birthdays or longevity celebrations are among the most important events in Nung people’s lives.

Longevity celebration of Nung ethnic minority people
Hue delicacies tempting to every palate
Hue delicacies tempting to every palate

VOV.VN - Hue cuisine is different from food in other parts of Vietnam. It is characterized by diverse ingredients, delicate preparation, and artful presentation. This has made Hue cuisine tempting to every palate. 

Hue delicacies tempting to every palate
Dum singing of the Muong
Dum singing of the Muong

VOV.VN - The Muong are the fourth-largest of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups. The Muong people inhabit northern mountains, mainly in Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces, where they still maintain their unique culture, an important element of which is Dum singing.

Dum singing of the Muong
Wedding ceremony of the Red Dao
Wedding ceremony of the Red Dao

VOV.VN - Getting married is a significant milestone in a person’s life. Wedding rituals of the Red Dao ethnic people embrace traditional cultural features that need to be promoted and preserved. Let’s explore a wedding ceremony of the Red Dao in Pu Quan village, Muong Lat district, in Thanh Hoa province.

Wedding ceremony of the Red Dao
Longevity celebration of the Nung in Bac Giang
Longevity celebration of the Nung in Bac Giang

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese have a tradition of worshipping their ancestors to honor their predecessors’ merit. But the Nung people of Bac Giang province don’t worship the deceased. Instead, they celebrate grandparents and parents’ birthdays to wish them longevity.

Longevity celebration of the Nung in Bac Giang
Dong Xam silver craft village preserves tradition
Dong Xam silver craft village preserves tradition

VOV.VN - Dong Xam village in Thai Binh province is one of three places well-known for the silver carving craft, together with Hang Bac Street and Dinh Cong village in Hanoi. Also known as Duong Tham, the 600-year old village is now located in Hong Thai commune, Kien Xuong district.

Dong Xam silver craft village preserves tradition
Tam Duong market embraces local mountain culture
Tam Duong market embraces local mountain culture

VOV.VN - Tam Duong market in in Lai Chau city is a typical mountain market. It’s not just a trading place but also a meeting venue of the Dao, Mong, Thai, Giay, and Lu ethnic minority people.

Tam Duong market embraces local mountain culture
Doi Tam village and the art of drum making
Doi Tam village and the art of drum making

VOV.VN - In Vietnam, drums are a traditional instrument at festivals and weddings. They are also used to announce arrivals to the community, signal when school starts or ends, and accompany musical performances.

Doi Tam village and the art of drum making
French bakery training offers bright future for youth
French bakery training offers bright future for youth

A French bakery training centre called La Boulangerie Française – HCMC for disadvantaged youth officially opened on June 22 at the Thu Duc College of Technology (TDC) in HCM City.

French bakery training offers bright future for youth
Pang A festival of the La Ha
Pang A festival of the La Ha

VOV.VN - La Ha is an ethnic minority group living along the Da river in the northern mountainous provinces of Son La and Lai Chau. Despite social changes, the La Ha have maintained their traditional customs and festivals. The ‘Pang A’ or luck prayer festival reflects the La Ha’s typical culture.

Pang A festival of the La Ha
House architecture of the Mong
House architecture of the Mong

VOV.VN - Among the hill sides rising up to Dong Van karst plateau in Ha Giang province, travelers are stunned by the magnificent natural landscape, lush terraced fields, and peaceful villages of Mong people.

House architecture of the Mong
Wedding ceremony of the Mang ethnic group
Wedding ceremony of the Mang ethnic group

VOV.VN - The Mang ethnic minority people live in served mountain districts in Lai Chau province. Like other ethnic groups, they have upheld traditional customs and practices for generations while absorbing modern cultural trends.

Wedding ceremony of the Mang ethnic group
Ethnic minority language included in university curricula
Ethnic minority language included in university curricula

VOV.VN - In Vietnam, Tay is the mother tongue of nearly 2 million people and a second language for many other ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s northwestern region. The language is starting to be displaced by Vietnamese, and many Tay people are finding it harder to use their mother tongue.

Ethnic minority language included in university curricula
La Ha ethnic group
La Ha ethnic group

VOV.VN - The La Ha people live in Vietnam’s northwestern region, mainly in Lao Cai, Son La, and Lai Chau province. In the past they lived off the land in isolated remote mountains, where they developed unique customs and rituals.

La Ha ethnic group
Nam O village in Da Nang City preserves art of fish sauce
Nam O village in Da Nang City preserves art of fish sauce

VOV.VN - Located in Lien Chieu District, Da Nang City, Nam O has long been famous for its fish sauce. Founded in the early 20th century, the village is now facing a lack of land on which to build workshops. 

Nam O village in Da Nang City preserves art of fish sauce
 Hai Hau’s flowery roads show the way to local pride
Hai Hau’s flowery roads show the way to local pride

Our first glimpse of Hai Hau District in the northern province of Nam Dinh was roadsides full of flowers. In recent years, the land along the inter-village roads in the coastal district has been planted with flowers-indicating that people have not only focused on surviving by building, fishing and raising rice.

 Hai Hau’s flowery roads show the way to local pride
Young E-de ethnic people eager to preserve local culture
Young E-de ethnic people eager to preserve local culture

VOV.VN - Young E-de ethnic people in Dak Lak province have taught themselves brocade weaving, gong playing, and folk singing, as part of efforts to preserve and promote their ethnic culture.

Young E-de ethnic people eager to preserve local culture
Motherhood goddess worshipping ritual of Red Dao
Motherhood goddess worshipping ritual of Red Dao

VOV.VN - Worshipping goddesses of Motherhood, the protectors of babies, is an important ritual of the Red Dao in Lao Cai province. Their ceremony pays gratitude to the goddesses and asks them to bless a baby with good health and obedience.

Motherhood goddess worshipping ritual of Red Dao
Muong people in Phu Tho preserve cultural identity
Muong people in Phu Tho preserve cultural identity

VOV.VN - The Muong in Vo Mieu commune, Phu Tho province, have actively responded to national campaigns that encourage people to unite to develop new rural areas and a cultural lifestyle. While adopting a modern lifestyle, they have preserved and promoted their traditional culture.

Muong people in Phu Tho preserve cultural identity
Spring Festivals in mountain regions
Spring Festivals in mountain regions

VOV.VN - Spring is the season of festivals across Vietnam. For ethnic groups in mountain regions, spring festivals are opportunities to relax and pray for a good new year.

Spring Festivals in mountain regions
“Mushroom house” of the Black Ha Nhi in Lao Cai
“Mushroom house” of the Black Ha Nhi in Lao Cai

VOV.VN - The earthen houses with mossy roofs of the Black Ha Nhi in Y Ty district, Lao Cai province, look like mushrooms in the clouds. When sunshine banishes the clouds, the earthen houses appear on the mountainside as in a fairy land. VOV introduces the uniqueness of the Black Ha Nhi’s architecture.

“Mushroom house” of the Black Ha Nhi in Lao Cai
Mong textile patterns recognized as intangible cultural heritage
Mong textile patterns recognized as intangible cultural heritage

VOV.VN - Cloth weaving has long been a proud traditional craft of the Mong ethnic people in Vietnam’s mountainous areas. The Mong’s traditional textile patterns have been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Mong textile patterns recognized as intangible cultural heritage
Wood stove of the Tay in Binh Lieu
Wood stove of the Tay in Binh Lieu

VOV.VN - The wood stove has an important position in the life and culture of the Vietnamese people as it provides light, cooks food, and warms up the house.

Wood stove of the Tay in Binh Lieu
Dich Vi village worships stone dog
Dich Vi village worships stone dog

VOV.VN - For centuries the dog has been believed to bring good luck, blessings, and happiness to humans. At Dich Vi, a village not far from downtown Hanoi, a stone dog is considered the villagers’ tutelary god.

Dich Vi village worships stone dog
Tet a special time for foreigners too
Tet a special time for foreigners too

VOV.VN -More and more foreigners are currently choosing Vietnam as an ideal place to live and work and especially, the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) is a special opportunity for them to gain a deeper understanding of the country’s fine customs and traditions.

Tet a special time for foreigners too
Return to place of survival
Return to place of survival

VOV.VN - Vietnam is a word that always haunts the minds of American war veterans, who fought during the war in the country shaped like the letter “S”. 

Return to place of survival
Soul prayer ritual of the Thai
Soul prayer ritual of the Thai

VOV.VN - The Thai in Vietnam’s northwestern region pray for the souls of sick people, new born babies, people traveling far from home, and new daughters-in-law to wish them good health, safety, and happiness. The prayer inspires these persons to overcome challenges in their lives.

Soul prayer ritual of the Thai
Cao Phong district preserves Muong Thang culture
Cao Phong district preserves Muong Thang culture

VOV.VN - Cao Phong district is the cradle of the Muong Thang, one of four Muong branches in Hoa Binh province. Hoa Binh authorities have worked with local people to preserve the traditional culture of the Muong Thang.

Cao Phong district preserves Muong Thang culture
Aza New Year Festival of ethnic groups in A Luoi
Aza New Year Festival of ethnic groups in A Luoi

VOV.VN - At the end of the year when rice ripens in terraced fields and the weather turn cold, people of the Pako, Ta Oi, and Co Tu ethnic groups celebrate the Aza New Year Festival, or New Rice Festival, to thank their genies for blessing them with a bumper crop.

Aza New Year Festival of ethnic groups in A Luoi
Vietnam’s folk music treasure promoted
Vietnam’s folk music treasure promoted

VOV.VN - Over the past 3 years, the group “Dong Kinh co nhac”, which means “Ancient music of Tonkin”, has spared no effort mixing Vietnamese traditional music with modern music to revive and promote national music in the modern context.

Vietnam’s folk music treasure promoted