Rain praying ritual of the X’tieng

Rain praying ritual of the X’tieng

(VOVWORLD) - The rain praying ritual is a folk belief practice of the X’tieng ethnic minority in Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province. Every year, before the rainy season, the X’tieng...
Tay people promote Luon Coi folk singing

Tay people promote Luon Coi folk singing

(VOVWORLD) - Luon Coi folk singing of the Tay ethnic minority is recognized as a national intangible heritage. The Tay in Bao Lam district in the northern mountain province of Cao Bang have...
Wedding of the Red Dao

Wedding of the Red Dao

(VOVWORLD) - 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...
Blood oath ceremony of the Mnong in Dak Lak

Blood oath ceremony of the Mnong in Dak Lak

(VOVWORLD) - 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...
Xoe Thai folk art honored by UNESCO

Xoe Thai folk art honored by UNESCO

(VOVWORLD) - Xoe Thai is a unique art form in the cultural and religious life of the Thai ethnic minority in the northwestern province of Son La. "The art of Xoe Thai...
Binh Thuan promotes folk singing, dancing

Binh Thuan promotes folk singing, dancing

(VOVWORLD) - The southern province of Binh Thuan has 35 ethnic groups living together. In recent years the province has worked to preserve and promote the intangible cultural heritages of its...
Dancing ceremony of the Red Dao

Dancing ceremony of the Red Dao

(VOVWORLD) - The Dao ethnic minority people observe many ceremonies and festivals each year. Like other Dao branches living in Vietnam’s northern mountain provinces, the Dance Festival of the Dao...
Thai culture preserved in Muong Tac

Thai culture preserved in Muong Tac

(VOVWORLD) - Muong Tac and Phu Hoa are two names for the central valley in Phu Yen district, Son La province. Mường Tấc culture is a mixture of Thai and Muong ethnic minority cultures....
Overview of the Chut

Overview of the Chut

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Chut ethnic group has a very small population, who live mainly in Bo Trach and Quang Trach districts in Quang Binh province. Some clans have been living...
​Unique clothes of the Pa Di

​Unique clothes of the Pa Di

(VOVWORLD) - Pa Di is a branch of the Tay ethnic group in the northern province of Lao Cai. There are about 2,000 Pa Di people living mainly in the high...
​Traditional house of the Nung in Lao Cai

​Traditional house of the Nung in Lao Cai

(VOVWORLD) - The Nung is the second biggest ethnic minority group and accounting for about 13% of the population in Si Ma Cai district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. They...
Traditional houses of the M’Nong

Traditional houses of the M’Nong

(VOVWORLD) - In the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong the traditional cultures of several ethnic minorities, including the M'Nong, converge. The M'Nong, one of the oldest ethnic groups in this region,...
Giay cake – a unique wedding offering of the Tay

Giay cake – a unique wedding offering of the Tay

(VOVWORLD) - Ethnic groups in each region of Vietnam have their own wedding customs reflecting their unique cultural identity. For the Tay ethnic group in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, Banh Giay – round, sticky rice...