(VOVWORLD) - For ethnic groups in the Central Highlands, elephants are great assets that reflect the power of a family and embody the Elephant God, a symbol of luck and prosperity. Ethnic groups in the Central Highlands still have many elephant-related rituals and customs, including an annual ceremony to pray for elephants’ health.

(VOVWORLD) - Na Hac hamlet borders a 300-ha protected primary forest in Tien Yen district, Quang Ninh province. The 30 local Dao families play a crucial role in protecting the forest.

(VOVWORLD) - Festivals of the Mong in the northern province of Ha Giang have many community activities such as call-and-response singing, dancing with the khen panpipe, and playing such folk games as spinning top, pushing sticks, tug of war, and yen badminton.

(VOVWORLD) - April is the peak of the dry season in the Central Highlands. In this month the Ede people in Bon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province, hold a ceremony to pray for rain, favorable weather, bountiful crops, a prosperous life, and happiness.

(VOVWORLD) - Pao dung is a folk singing genre of the Dao ethnic people. The Dao in Van Yen district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai have collected old songs and melodies to promote the folk art to the future generation.

(VOVWORLD) - The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has vast agricultural land. In recent years the local ethnic minority people have applied scientific knowledge to agricultural production to improve productivity and incomes.

(VOVWORLD) - The art of rhyming words of the Ede in the Central Highlands is a folk treasure which has been handed down from generation to generation.

(VOVWORLD) - The Central Province of Dak Lak has more than 900 reputable people of ethnic groups. Among them, the prestigious Ede people have made important contributions to local socio-economic development. They have encouraged ethnic people to preserve and promote their cultural identity and tradition.

(VOVWORLD) - The Mnông Rlăm in Lăk district, Đak Lak province, live close to nature. They maintain close bonds of family, clan, and community. The Mnông Rlăm hold many cultural and religious rituals, including a longevity ceremony for their parents.

(VOVWORLD) - Strings of beads are important jewelry for the K'Ho ethnic people in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. The beads are agate in various colors and shaped round or oval in different sizes. The strings of beads are not only jewelry, but a symbol of wealth and a credit of love and marriage.