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