(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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,...
(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...
(VOVWORLD) - The Ba Na of Vietnam’s Central Highlands celebrate many festivals each year, including a peace worship, a new rice ceremony, and To Mon – a ceremony to strengthen solidarity....
(VOVWORLD) - The Ede in the Central Highlands show their filial piety for grandparents and parents through a health worship ceremony. Family members gather for the ritual to the joyful sound of gongs...
(VOVWORLD) - Young Nung boys and girls make friends and date when they work in the fields or go to market fairs. Luon singing sessions at night are also good opportunities...
(VOVWORLD) - The Khmer’s Ok-om-bok Festival ended with the Ngo boat race over the weekend. Scores of Ngo boats from southern provinces took part in the race in Soc...
(VOVWORLD) - The Cham ethnic people live mainly in the south central provinces of Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan. Their traditional culture centers in festivals, architecture, costumes, pottery craft, and brocade weaving. The annual...
(VOVWORLD) - The Tay and Nung ethnic people in Lang Son province are famous for the craft of making yin-yang tiles. They are trying to preserve their trade in the...
(VOVWORLD) - The Mong comprise more than half of the population of the popular resort town of Sa Pa in northern Vietnam. They belong to different Mong branches, including Black Mong, White Mong...
(VOVWORLD) - The Tay and Nung people in Lang Son province celebrate the Hang Pinh Fullmoon Festival from the 12th to the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. People from...
(VOVWORLD) - The Lo Lo ethnic minority people live mostly in Lung Cu commune, Ha Giang province. They live harmoniously with other ethnic groups of the Dong Van stone plateau while maintaining...
(VOVWORLD) - A tomb house built on the grave of a dead person is typical of folk belief of the Co Tu ethnic minority who live in Vietnam’s central region....
(VOVWORLD) - Duong Van Tho is a member of the Kinh ethnic majority who lives in Cư Drăm commune, in Dak Lak province. Having fallen in love with the gongs and dances...
(VOVWORLD) - A Dao legend says that after Long Khuyen Ho helped King Binh Vuong defeat invaders, the king rewarded him by allowing him to marry one of the princesses. Later he inherited...