(VOVWORLD) - The Mong in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang celebrate many festivals and rituals each year. The Gau Tao, which means “mountain sight-seeing in the spring” is a community religious festival held by the Mong at the beginning of every Lunar New Year.

(VOVWORLD) - Like some other ethnic groups in the Truong Son range, the Cor celebrate a New Year when they finish harvesting in the 11th lunar month. This year they had a more joyful New Year celebration because of a bumper crop.

(VOVWORLD) - The Thai are the biggest ethnic group in Son La province. They make up 54% of the province’s population. Son La has been working to preserve and promote Thai culture in Vietnam’s northwestern region.

(VOVWORLD) - As their lifestyle and customs have changed, the Ede people of Dak Lak province have changed the way they play their gongs. They have breathed new life into traditional gong performances to make them more appealing to modern audiences.

(VOVWORLD) - In the modern world, ethnic groups must strive to preserve their culture and their mother tongue. The Muong people in Hoa Binh province have organized several programs to promote the Muong language.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Program on Building New Rural Areas has given the hamlets in the Central Highlands a more modern look. Roads have been widened and public works have been rebuilt. People’s living conditions have been improved.

(VOVWORLD) - The O Du ethnic minority people celebrate a New Year when they hear the first thunder. It signals the New Year as well as time to begin a new crop. Until now the O Du in Nghe An province still uphold their tradition to celebrate the first thunder.

(VOVWORLD) - The O Du ethnic minority group has about 600 people living mainly in Tuong Duong district in the central province of Nghe An province. They live together with the Thai, Kho Mu, and Mong people.

(VOVWORLD) - The adoption of children by border guard soldiers in Lai Chau province has helped many ethnic children in remote mountain areas attend school.

(VOVWORLD) - The Thai ethnic minority in Vietnam’s northwestern region used to have a custom called “time of challenging a future son-in-law”. A man who wants to marry a girl has to stay with her family for at least a year before an official marriage.