(VOVWORLD) - A group of teachers and students at the Boarding High School in Dien Bien province has developed a website for the self-study of the Thai language. In 2019, the website won 1stprize at Dien Bien’s 15th Innovation Contest for Teenagers and Children.

(VOVWORLD) - It’s a Dao tradition that girls must learn to weave, embroider, and make their own clothes when they are little. The embroidery patterns on their clothes reflect the culture and religion of the Dao. Today VOV looks at the brocade weaving and embroidery of the Dao Tiền in Cao Bang province.

(VOVWORLD) - A stilt house built by the Thai ethnic minority people has two wood stoves for different purposes. Besides cooking, the wood stove has an important position in the spiritual life of the Thai in Vietnam’snorthwestern mountainous region.

(VOVWORLD) - Of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups, several consist of a few hundred people living in remote mountain areas. The O Du in Nghe An province is one of the groups with the smallest populations.

(VOVWORLD) - For many generations the Nung An ethnic minority of Phja Thap hamlet have been making incense sticks from natural materials. Phja Thap hamlet at the foot of Ta Hung mountain is famous for its agarwood incense sticks and provides an interesting stop-over on atour of the northern border province of Cao Bang.

(VOVWORLD) - Sin Ho district in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau is home to the Dao Khau ethnic minority group. Each Dao Khau clan has a set of musical instruments to use at family and community events such as funerals and weddings. The musical instruments are carefully preserved as a family treasure.

(VOVWORLD) - Of the ethnic groups who live in Ha Giang province, the Giay are clustered mainly in Tát Ngà hamlet, Mèo Vạc district. Recent socio-economic development has made their life easier but has not changed their traditional culture. The Giay still uphold the main elements of their customs and culture, including their traditional drum dancing festival.

(VOVWORLD) - The “Dao Tien” in the northwestern province of Son La believe that a newborn baby is not an official member of the family or recognized by his or her ancestors until the child experiences a birth registration ceremony. The ceremony is a compulsory ritual in each Dao Tien person’s life.

(VOVWORLD) - “Khau cut” is a crescent symbol often seen on the roofs of Thai ethnic minority people’s stilt houses in Vietnam’s northwestern region. Researchers say the symbolis associated with the Thai migration in the 11th century.

(VOVWORLD) - The Tay in the northern border province of Quang Ninh have a vibrant cultural life with many customs, rituals, and festivals, such as the “Going to the field” festival at the beginning of the year, the Longevity ceremony, the Crop Worshiping ceremony, and the House Warming ceremony. They have several folk singing genres, including Lượn, phongslư, lượn slương, lượn then, and lượn tràng ới. At all festivals, ceremonies, and singing performances, a stringed musical instrument called a Tinh plays a prominent role.