Vietnam enjoys post-pandemic period with festive Christmas celebrations
Vietnam enjoys post-pandemic period with festive Christmas celebrations

VOV.VN - With the last two Christmas celebrations in Vietnam being disrupted due to some level of restrictions being imposed due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 marks a belated return to normality with booming commerce mixed with a festive atmosphere for local people to enjoy.

Vietnam enjoys post-pandemic period with festive Christmas celebrations
The most wonderful time of the year approaches
The most wonderful time of the year approaches

One of the most important worldwide holidays, Christmas, has never failed to attract people with various ways to celebrate in many countries all over the world, including Vietnam.

The most wonderful time of the year approaches
Making handicraft boats, new direction for boat building village in Dong Thap
Making handicraft boats, new direction for boat building village in Dong Thap

VOV.VN - The 100-year-old Ba Dai boat building village in Long Hau commune in Dong Thap province was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2015 with dozens of local households seeking ways to preserve their traditional craft.

Making handicraft boats, new direction for boat building village in Dong Thap
Discovering Phin Ho upland market in northern Vietnam
Discovering Phin Ho upland market in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - Situated in Nam Po district in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, Phin Ho market has opened following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, attracting many local residents and tourists visiting the site.

Discovering Phin Ho upland market in northern Vietnam
Blood oath ceremony of the Mnong in Dak Lak
Blood oath ceremony of the Mnong in Dak Lak

VOV.VN - The custom of twinning two persons of different blood lines as brothers is popular in Vietnam, for the Mnong in the central province of Dak Lak, the twinning ceremony ties the two persons and their families.

Blood oath ceremony of the Mnong in Dak Lak
Preserving UNESCO-recognised Gong culture in Central Highlands
Preserving UNESCO-recognised Gong culture in Central Highlands

VOV.VN - The 2022 Gong Culture Festival was held in Gia Lai, a province in the Central Highlands, from November 18-20 to popularize and preserve the Gong cultural space.

Preserving UNESCO-recognised Gong culture in Central Highlands
Cafe helps with stray cat adoption in HCM City
Cafe helps with stray cat adoption in HCM City

Alex Ward and Geneva Marcelino are running cafes that work with local animal rescue shelters to help stray dogs and cats find their new homes.

Cafe helps with stray cat adoption in HCM City
Meritorious artist Cam Vui – guardian of Thai culture
Meritorious artist Cam Vui – guardian of Thai culture

Meritorious artist Cam Vui of the Thai ethnic group in Muong La district, Son La province, is well known for his dedication to Thai ethnic culture. Over the years, he has made tireless efforts to preserve local folk tunes.

Meritorious artist Cam Vui – guardian of Thai culture
Wedding of the Red Dao
Wedding of the Red Dao

VOV.VN - The northern province of Tuyen Quang is the only locality in Vietnam that gathers all Dao branches, including Dao Do, Dao Tien, and Dao Quan Chet, they have a rich cultural life with a number of age-old festivals and customs.

Wedding of the Red Dao
The Ma’s ritual to pay gratitude to the Forest Genie
The Ma’s ritual to pay gratitude to the Forest Genie

VOV.VN - The Forest Genie ritual is observed by the Ma ethnic people in Cat Tien district of the Central Highland province of Lam Dong to show their gratitude and respect for what nature gives them in a spirit of receiving and conserving.

The Ma’s ritual to pay gratitude to the Forest Genie