Wedding of the Giay in Lao Cai

Wedding of the Giay in Lao Cai

(VOVworld) – The Giay people care a great deal about marriage and the continuation of the family line. Their least concern is a family’s wealth or poverty. For them, the most important...
Giay ethnic group in Lao Cai

Giay ethnic group in Lao Cai

(VOVworld) – The Giay ethnic group, which has about 38,000 people, lives mainly in Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, and Cao Bang provinces. They are called by different names such as Dang,...
Tay people welcome Tet

Tay people welcome Tet

(VOVworld) – The Tay in Lang Son are cheerfully celebrating the Lunar New Year festival, the most important event of the year. To the boisterous sounds of gongs and drums, the...

Meaning of New Year’s Eve in Vietnamese belief

(VOVworld) – Tet, the Lunar New Year festival, is the most important holiday in Vietnam. As people believe Tet refreshes everything in their lives, they treasure the tradition of seeing off the...
Wednesday February 11, 2015

Wednesday February 11, 2015

(VOVworld) - Dear listeners, since we started to advertise the contest, we have received some questions from listeners. Ralph Perry of the US asked “Do prizes include airfare to and from Vietnam and the...
Hanoi hosts a range of spring festivals

Hanoi hosts a range of spring festivals

(VOVworld) – The “At Mui” Spring Festival consisting of a small market session of Lao Cai province is being held at the Culture and Art Exhibition Center in Hanoi
Tet family reunions on Hon Khoai island

Tet family reunions on Hon Khoai island

(VOVworld) – Hon Khoai island is off the coast of Vietnam’s southernmost province of Ca Mau. This year Tet, Vietnam’s traditional lunar new year festival, will be full of happiness for naval...
First rites in the lifespan of the Tay people

First rites in the lifespan of the Tay people

(VOVworld) – The Tay people believe that during a person’s lifespan he must meet all his relatives in 4 ritual ceremonies: his 1st month ceremony as a newborn, his wedding, his housewarming...
Craft villages prepare for Tet

Craft villages prepare for Tet

(VOVworld) – Craft villages in the central province of Thua Thien Hue and garden houses in the southern province of Binh Phuoc are busy at the moment preparing for the upcoming Tet...
“Then” singing of the Tay in Binh Lieu

“Then” singing of the Tay in Binh Lieu

(VOVworld) – “Then” is a ritual singing and dancing genre of the Tay. Female and male Then singers perform Then in front of the altars at sacred places. The Tay in Binh Lieu, Quang...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

A: First on our show today, we’d like to remind you that now you can listen to our English program on the internet at the same time as on shortwave...
Stilt-house of the Tay in Ha Giang province

Stilt-house of the Tay in Ha Giang province

(VOVworld) – Ha Thanh, a community-based cultural tourism village in Phuong Do commune, Ha Giang province, has preserved several traditional stilt-houses of the Tay. The stilt-house reveals several...
Clashes continue in Eastern Ukraine

Clashes continue in Eastern Ukraine

(VOVworld) - Ukraine’s military spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, says two soldiers have been killed and twenty others injured in the latest gun battles with pro-Russia forces in the country’s eastern...
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

In today’s show, we’d like to delve into Tet dos and don’ts because in the traditional perception, if things go smoothly during Tet, good luck will be...
Tay’s culture and belief

Tay’s culture and belief

(VOVworld) – With around 1.7 million people, the Tay are the biggest ethnic minority group in Vietnam. They live mainly in Vietnam’s northern and northwestern provinces - Cao Bang, Bac Can, Lang Son,...