Ho Chi Minh City—a city of too many tales
Ho Chi Minh City—a city of too many tales

VOV.VN - Over the course of the weekend, I dropped in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam. According to the local people, the city was best known in its original name, Saigon. 

Ho Chi Minh City—a city of too many tales
New rice celebration of the Xo Dang
New rice celebration of the Xo Dang

VOV.VN - The New Rice celebration is the most important ritual of the year for the Xo Dang.

New rice celebration of the Xo Dang
Egyptian artist May Mohab and her passion for Vietnamese water puppets
Egyptian artist May Mohab and her passion for Vietnamese water puppets

VOV.VN - May Mohab began researching about Vietnamese water puppets in 2008 for her thesis and since then has remained passionate about this form of art. Vietnamese water puppets are being introduced for the first time to the world by a team of 10 artists of the Cairo Puppet Theatre. 

Egyptian artist May Mohab and her passion for Vietnamese water puppets
National village promotes Vietnam’s ethnic culture
National village promotes Vietnam’s ethnic culture

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism was inaugurated in October 2010, coinciding with the 1,000th founding anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. The village is an excellent place to learn about Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups. 

National village promotes Vietnam’s ethnic culture
Xo Dang in the Central Highlands
Xo Dang in the Central Highlands

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups begins a series on the Xo Dang, an indigenous people of Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

Xo Dang in the Central Highlands
Memories of street calls
Memories of street calls

VOV.VN - Large eye-catching panels, funny commercial son TV, colorful flyers and brochures are types of modern advertising you see every day. But people still reserve a special place in their hearts for one of the earliest forms of advertising: the distinctive call of the street vendor.

Memories of street calls
Van Lam embroidery and lace village
Van Lam embroidery and lace village

VOV.VN - Van Lam village in Ninh Binh province is one of the most famous embroidery craft villages in Vietnam. Its products are popular with consumers here and abroad.

Van Lam embroidery and lace village
Unique culture of Churu
Unique culture of Churu

VOV.VN - Churu culture leaves visitors to Vietnam’s Central Highlands with unforgettable memories. The Churu people have faithfully preserved their traditional costumes, folklore, and handicrafts.

Unique culture of Churu
Life of Nung people in Phuc Sen valley
Life of Nung people in Phuc Sen valley

Phuc Sen commune in Quang Uyen district, Cao Bang province has become known as the homeland of the Nung An ethnic group with signature stone fences in front of their houses. 

Life of Nung people in Phuc Sen valley
Chu-ru group in the Central Highlands
Chu-ru group in the Central Highlands

VOV.VN - The Chu-ru are one of several indigenous groups living in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

Chu-ru group in the Central Highlands