Khau Tan Don sticky rice, a specialty of Lao Cai province
Khau Tan Don sticky rice, a specialty of Lao Cai province

VOV.VN - This time around, Khau Tan Don sticky rice fields in Tham Duong Commune, Van Ban District, Lao Cai Province, have started to turn yellow, a bit later than other sticky rice crops.

Khau Tan Don sticky rice, a specialty of Lao Cai province
Unique bride procession of Dao Khau wedding
Unique bride procession of Dao Khau wedding

VOV.VN - The Dao Khau of Sin Ho district, Lai Chau province, believe that all things that begin before the sun rises will go well, particularly for important events such as a wedding.

Unique bride procession of Dao Khau wedding
Brocade art of the Ede ethnic minority
Brocade art of the Ede ethnic minority

VOV.VN - Although brocade products of the Ede ethnic minority in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak are not totally hand-made now, they still retain many old patterns.

Brocade art of the Ede ethnic minority
Lives of Cong ethnic people in north-western Vietnam
Lives of Cong ethnic people in north-western Vietnam

VOV.VN - The north-western mountainous province of Dien Bien is home to a large Cong ethnic community, with their living conditions improving over the past few years thanks to support from both the Government and local authorities.

Lives of Cong ethnic people in north-western Vietnam
Glutinous rice steamer of the Thai
Glutinous rice steamer of the Thai

VOV.VN - A steamer is a familiar item of kitchenware among the Thai ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s northwestern region, which is used to steam rice and other dishes.

Glutinous rice steamer of the Thai
A tour around traditional ethnic markets in Dien Bien province
A tour around traditional ethnic markets in Dien Bien province

VOV.VN - Weekend markets in Tua Chua district in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have long been a unique part of local culture, serving to bring together ethnic people after a week of hardworking.

A tour around traditional ethnic markets in Dien Bien province
Unique calendar of Thai people
Unique calendar of Thai people

VOV.VN - The Thai ethic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Son La use their own calendar to keep track of activities such as funerals, weddings, house groundbreakings and inaugurations, and farming.

Unique calendar of Thai people
Wedding rituals of the Cao Lan ethnic group
Wedding rituals of the Cao Lan ethnic group

VOV.VN - For Cao Lan ethnic people in Ba Che district, Quang Ninh province, a wedding is the result of a boy and a girl falling in love with each other while singing an alternating love chant called Sinh Ca.

Wedding rituals of the Cao Lan ethnic group
Central Highland village prospers from community-based tourism
Central Highland village prospers from community-based tourism

VOV.VN - 132 Ba Na ethnic families have turned Kon Trang Long Loi village in Kon Tum province into a community-based tourism village and a popular tourist destination.

Central Highland village prospers from community-based tourism
Co Tu's homestay service develops community-based tourism
Co Tu's homestay service develops community-based tourism

VOV.VN - Over the last two years, the community-based tourism homestay of Dinh Van Nhu, a Co Tu man, has generated jobs for many people in Hoa Bac commune, Da Nang city, while promoting local culture.

Co Tu's homestay service develops community-based tourism
Bamboo papoose, an indispensable item of the Mong ​
Bamboo papoose, an indispensable item of the Mong ​

VOV.VN - The Mong ethnic minority people live mainly in the high mountains of Vietnam, they use materials available in nature to make households utensils, such as bamboo and rattan containers, bamboo papooses are indispensable items in their daily life.

Bamboo papoose, an indispensable item of the Mong ​
Wedding ritual of the Nung ethnic group in northern Vietnam
Wedding ritual of the Nung ethnic group in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - Young Nung boys and girls in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai make friends and date when they work in the fields or go to market fairs.

Wedding ritual of the Nung ethnic group in northern Vietnam
Emeritus artisan devotes to Dao traditional culture
Emeritus artisan devotes to Dao traditional culture

VOV.VN - Ban Van Duc, a Dao ethnic minority man, has profound knowledge of Dao culture and its ancient language. He has spent a lot of time collecting old books, studying, and teaching Dao written language to preserve it.

Emeritus artisan devotes to Dao traditional culture
Preservation of the Mong’s rattan weaving craft
Preservation of the Mong’s rattan weaving craft

VOV.VN - Mong people make up 90% of the inhabitants in Lao Chải commune of the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai. Their lives depend largely on agriculture and forestry.

Preservation of the Mong’s rattan weaving craft
Unique terraced field worshiping ceremony of Mong ethnic people
Unique terraced field worshiping ceremony of Mong ethnic people

VOV.VN - The terraced field worshipping ceremony remains one of the most important traditional rituals performed by the Mong ethnic group in Mu Cang Chai district in the mountainous northern province of Yen Bai ahead of their new crop.

Unique terraced field worshiping ceremony of Mong ethnic people
Foreigners receive COVID-19 vaccines in HCM City
Foreigners receive COVID-19 vaccines in HCM City

VOV.VN - Thousands of expats residing in Ho Chi Minh City have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic in recent weeks, thereby helping to protect themselves and the wider community.

Foreigners receive COVID-19 vaccines in HCM City
Baby full-month celebration of the Thai
Baby full-month celebration of the Thai

VOV.VN - The Thai in the northern mountainous province of Son La organize a full-month celebration for a new-born baby with a simple ritual and minimal cost, but great cultural significance.

Baby full-month celebration of the Thai
Ethnic Cao Lan group treasure traditional costumes
Ethnic Cao Lan group treasure traditional costumes

VOV.VN - The Cao Lan, one of two branches of the San Chay living in a number of northern mountain and midland provinces, often wear their traditional clothes to celebrate important life events, spring ceremonies, and festivals.

Ethnic Cao Lan group treasure traditional costumes
Weaving screens for paper-making craft
Weaving screens for paper-making craft

VOV.VN - Lo Sanh Phin is now the only Dao man in Ha Giang province still weaving screens to make paper, a traditional craft of the Dao.

Weaving screens for paper-making craft
Medicinal Chung cakes, unique dish of Muong people in Phu Tho
Medicinal Chung cakes, unique dish of Muong people in Phu Tho

VOV.VN - One of the many unique dishes of the Muong people of Phu Tho province is medicinal glutinous rice Chung cake. Black in color, the cake is an indispensable offering at ancestor and heaven worship ceremonies.

Medicinal Chung cakes, unique dish of Muong people in Phu Tho
Buffalo meat dishes of the Thai ethnic group
Buffalo meat dishes of the Thai ethnic group

VOV.VN - The Thai ethnic minority in Vietnam’s northwestern region have a rich cuisine, and their buffalo meat is a must-try dish for visitors.

Buffalo meat dishes of the Thai ethnic group
Cao Lan ethnic group’s love song chant “Sinh Ca”
Cao Lan ethnic group’s love song chant “Sinh Ca”

VOV.VN - With a population of only around 500, the Cao Lan ethnic group in Ba Che district in the northern province of Quang Ninh still manage to keep their cultural traditions alive, including Sinh Ca, an alternating love song chant.

Cao Lan ethnic group’s love song chant “Sinh Ca”
Thai custom: Husband lives with wife’s family after wedding
Thai custom: Husband lives with wife’s family after wedding

VOV.VN - According to the Thai ethnic people’s custom, a bridegroom lives with his wife’s family for three to five years before taking her to his house.

Thai custom: Husband lives with wife’s family after wedding
Red Dao’s custom of killing insects
Red Dao’s custom of killing insects

VOV.VN - Ancestors of the Red Dao in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai practiced an insect killing rite to protect their crops, which is called Kỉng ceng che in the Dao language.

Red Dao’s custom of killing insects
Soong Co festival excites crowds in Binh Lieu district
Soong Co festival excites crowds in Binh Lieu district

VOV.VN - The annual Soong Co festival of the San Chi ethnic group has officially got underway in Binh Lieu district in the northern province of Quang Ninh, with the festive occasion attracting plenty of local people and tourists.

Soong Co festival excites crowds in Binh Lieu district
Then Kin Pang festival in northwestern region excites crowds
Then Kin Pang festival in northwestern region excites crowds

VOV.VN - The Then Kin Pang festival represents a long-standing tradition of the white Thai people who reside in the country’s northwestern region, with the event typically attracting plenty of local people and tourists.

Then Kin Pang festival in northwestern region excites crowds
Clarinet of the Dao Khau
Clarinet of the Dao Khau

VOV.VN - The Dao Khau ethnic group in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have a set of traditional musical instruments, of which a clarinet is the most difficult instrument to play.

Clarinet of the Dao Khau
Ha Nhi ethnic people remember the dead
Ha Nhi ethnic people remember the dead

VOV.VN - The Ha Nhi ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have for long treasured the long-standing tradition of visiting graves of their relatives to pay respect for the loved ones.

Ha Nhi ethnic people remember the dead
Bell dance of Dao Tien ethnic group
Bell dance of Dao Tien ethnic group

VOV.VN - Dao Tien ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Son La have been exerting their efforts to preserve bell dancing, which is considered a crucial part of their traditional rituals.

Bell dance of Dao Tien ethnic group
Young performers’ exchange motivates gong culture preservation
Young performers’ exchange motivates gong culture preservation

VOV.VN - On a spring day in 2021, a male team of bamboo gong performers from Kmrong Prong A hamlet met their female peers from Kbu hamlet in the Central Highlands city of Buon Ma Thuot.

Young performers’ exchange motivates gong culture preservation