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02/03/2026

Ma Gro Festival brings blessings to Kho Mu villages

(VOVWORLD) - The Kho Mu ethnic minority people observe many annual rituals closely linked to the human life cycle and agricultural production. Ma Gro, their biggest festival of the year, prays for good fortune and blessings.

Ma Gro Festival brings blessings to Kho Mu villages

Ma Gro Festival brings blessings to Kho Mu villages

(VOVWORLD) - The Kho Mu ethnic minority people observe many annual rituals closely linked to the human life cycle and agricultural production. Ma Gro, their biggest festival of the year, prays for good fortune and blessings.

26/02/2026

Cham royal cultural heritage comes to life

(VOVWORLD) - Cham royal heritage in Tinh My hamlet, Lam Dong province, includes artifacts of 17th century King Po Klong Mo Nai. This is the only relatively complete collection preserved for more than 400 years by the descendants of the Cham royal lineage. Lam Dong province is making efforts to complete exhibition spaces for better preservation of the artifacts and promotion of Cham cultural values.

Cham royal cultural heritage comes to life

Cham royal cultural heritage comes to life

(VOVWORLD) - Cham royal heritage in Tinh My hamlet, Lam Dong province, includes artifacts of 17th century King Po Klong Mo Nai. This is the only relatively complete collection preserved for more than 400 years by the descendants of the Cham royal lineage. Lam Dong province is making efforts to complete exhibition spaces for better preservation of the artifacts and promotion of Cham cultural values.

09/02/2026

Spring flows with faith in Pa Co Water Deity Ritual

(VOVWORLD) - When spring arrives, Pa Co ethnic communities in mountain villages of Hue city joyfully organize the Water Deity worship ceremony, a long-standing folk belief ritual. Observed for centuries, the ritual reflects the Pa Co people’s spiritual life, while helping strengthen community bonds and preserving indigenous cultural values.

Spring flows with faith in Pa Co Water Deity Ritual

Spring flows with faith in Pa Co Water Deity Ritual

(VOVWORLD) - When spring arrives, Pa Co ethnic communities in mountain villages of Hue city joyfully organize the Water Deity worship ceremony, a long-standing folk belief ritual. Observed for centuries, the ritual reflects the Pa Co people’s spiritual life, while helping strengthen community bonds and preserving indigenous cultural values.

27/01/2026

Where dances circle and epics sing, Ha Nhi culture endures

(VOVWORLD) - In Vietnam’s remote northwestern border region, the Ha Nhi people inhabit mountain valleys along the upper reaches of the Da River in Lai Chau province. Over generations, they have preserved a rich cultural heritage of traditional dances and epic chants, embodying the collective memory of their origins and identity.

Where dances circle and epics sing, Ha Nhi culture endures

Where dances circle and epics sing, Ha Nhi culture endures

(VOVWORLD) - In Vietnam’s remote northwestern border region, the Ha Nhi people inhabit mountain valleys along the upper reaches of the Da River in Lai Chau province. Over generations, they have preserved a rich cultural heritage of traditional dances and epic chants, embodying the collective memory of their origins and identity.

21/01/2026

Pumpkin cake: a taste of the land, culture, and life of Tay people

(VOVWORLD) - Pumpkin cake is a familiar dish of the Tay people in Huu Lien commune, Lang Son province. It reflects the harmonious relationship between people, nature, and local cultural traditions.

Pumpkin cake: a taste of the land, culture, and life of Tay people

Pumpkin cake: a taste of the land, culture, and life of Tay people

(VOVWORLD) - Pumpkin cake is a familiar dish of the Tay people in Huu Lien commune, Lang Son province. It reflects the harmonious relationship between people, nature, and local cultural traditions.

12/01/2026

Ka Tum cake blends Khmer culinary craft and cultural belief

(VOVWORLD) - Ka Tum cake, shaped like a pomegranate, with a rich, chewy, fragrant flavor, is a specialty of the Khmer ethnic people in An Giang province. The cake is closely associated with the Khmer culture and beliefs.

Ka Tum cake blends Khmer culinary craft and cultural belief

Ka Tum cake blends Khmer culinary craft and cultural belief

(VOVWORLD) - Ka Tum cake, shaped like a pomegranate, with a rich, chewy, fragrant flavor, is a specialty of the Khmer ethnic people in An Giang province. The cake is closely associated with the Khmer culture and beliefs.

06/01/2026

Cham Kate offerings tell story of ancestors, family, and belief

(VOVWORLD) - The Cham community celebrates many festivals and ceremonies each year. For each event, they prepare offerings that represent their wish for peace, favorable weather, an abundant harvest, and sufficiency. During the Kate festival, a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Cham people express through culinary offerings their reverence for their deities and ancestors.

Cham Kate offerings tell story of ancestors, family, and belief

Cham Kate offerings tell story of ancestors, family, and belief

(VOVWORLD) - The Cham community celebrates many festivals and ceremonies each year. For each event, they prepare offerings that represent their wish for peace, favorable weather, an abundant harvest, and sufficiency. During the Kate festival, a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Cham people express through culinary offerings their reverence for their deities and ancestors.

30/12/2025

Silk, stories, and 52 shades woven into Thai brocade

(VOVWORLD) - Brocade weaving is a typical cultural feature of the Thai ethnic community. The Thai in Hoa Tien hamlet, Chau Tien commune, Nghe An province, have improved brocade weaving techniques to produce colorful silk-brocade fabric imbued with their indigenous cultural identity.

Silk, stories, and 52 shades woven into Thai brocade

Silk, stories, and 52 shades woven into Thai brocade

(VOVWORLD) - Brocade weaving is a typical cultural feature of the Thai ethnic community. The Thai in Hoa Tien hamlet, Chau Tien commune, Nghe An province, have improved brocade weaving techniques to produce colorful silk-brocade fabric imbued with their indigenous cultural identity.

23/12/2025

Rotating Suk Yung Festival celebrates faith, unity of Cham Bani people

(VOVWORLD) - The Suk Yung Festival of the Cham Bani community is held at the mosque from the end of the 10th month to the end of the 11th month of the Islamic calendar. It was from October 31 to December 12 this year. VOV joined the Cham Bani celebration in Lam Dong province.

Rotating Suk Yung Festival celebrates faith, unity of Cham Bani people

Rotating Suk Yung Festival celebrates faith, unity of Cham Bani people

(VOVWORLD) - The Suk Yung Festival of the Cham Bani community is held at the mosque from the end of the 10th month to the end of the 11th month of the Islamic calendar. It was from October 31 to December 12 this year. VOV joined the Cham Bani celebration in Lam Dong province.

15/12/2025

New rice celebration, a joyful Golden Harvest Festival in Quang Ninh province

(VOVWORLD) - When the terraced fields in the border commune of Luc Hon, Quang Ninh province, turn golden, the local Tay people hold their New Rice Celebration. The ritual honors their ancestors and nature for blessing them with a bountiful harvest.

New rice celebration, a joyful Golden Harvest Festival in Quang Ninh province

New rice celebration, a joyful Golden Harvest Festival in Quang Ninh province

(VOVWORLD) - When the terraced fields in the border commune of Luc Hon, Quang Ninh province, turn golden, the local Tay people hold their New Rice Celebration. The ritual honors their ancestors and nature for blessing them with a bountiful harvest.