Love for Hanoi and its ancient dances

Love for Hanoi and its ancient dances

(VOVworld) - Thang Long – Hanoi ancient dances is the elaborate combination of many cultures, which was an essential folk art in the daily life of the capital city’s dwellers. Ancient dances have disappeared from...
Youth blood donation festival opens

Youth blood donation festival opens

(VOVworld)- Hanoi’s Blood Donation Youth Association and the Central Blood Transfusion and Hematology Institute organized a blood donation festival among young people in Hanoi today
3rd Vietnam-Laos Friendship Festival closes

3rd Vietnam-Laos Friendship Festival closes

(VOVworld) – The 3rd Vietnam-Laos’ Friendship Festival has closed in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang. The festival was an ideal venue for delegates from both countries to exchange...
Kho Mu ethnic minority’s folklore art troupe

Kho Mu ethnic minority’s folklore art troupe

(VOVworld) – Over the past 2 years, a Danish fund to support ethnic culture in Vietnam has contributed significantly to revitalizing and developing traditional art performances of Kho Mu ethnic people in the...
Mother Goddess Worship and trance rituals in Vietnam

Mother Goddess Worship and trance rituals in Vietnam

(VOVworld) - Mother Goddess Worship and trance rituals (or “hầu đồng”) are traditional religious practices in Vietnam, with the latter considered an art performance combined with music, singing, and dancing. Mother Goddess Worship and trance...
Street arts at 2012 Hue festival

Street arts at 2012 Hue festival

(VOVoworld) 40 art troupes from all over the world have entertained Hue residents and visitors with an impressive program of street arts. VOV’s Vinh Phong reports
Gongs in the lives of Central Highlanders

Gongs in the lives of Central Highlanders

Gong music is sacred to the Ede, for whom the sound of gongs evokes their origin myth, the Dam San epic. This story tells about the Ede leader, Dam San, longed to marry...