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
Lai Chau ethnic minority groups preserve traditional culture
Lai Chau ethnic minority groups preserve traditional culture

VOV.VN - To preserve and promote their culture, artisans, village chiefs, and other interested people in Lai Chau province have organized classes to teach the language of their ethnic group.

Lai Chau ethnic minority groups preserve traditional culture