Indian Films Festival 2015

Indian Films Festival 2015

(VOVworld) - An Indian film festival is being held in Vietnam for the first time until late December 2015, and will show the 8 most popular Indian films over the last decade to Vietnamese audiences....
Making paper masks for Mid-autumn festival

Making paper masks for Mid-autumn festival

(VOVworld) – “Making paper masks, enjoying the Mid-Autumn Festival” is a project run by painter Trang Thanh Hien and students of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts. They have instructed...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

A: First on our show today, we’d like to thank you all for participating in VOV’s Contest “What do you know about Vietnam?” which closed on Tuesday. Last week...
Chầu văn - Vietnamese ritual singing

Chầu văn - Vietnamese ritual singing

(VOVworld) - Chầu văn is a Vietnamese form of ritual singing. Chầu means supplication, văn means literature. Chầu văn is a highly rhythmic form of singing that often accompanies “hau dong” (mediumship)...
Fertility worship in Vietnamese culture

Fertility worship in Vietnamese culture

(VOVworld)- Fertility belief is of sacred importance in Vietnam’s folklore. Fertility worship is closely associated with Vietnamese farmers’ prayers for favorable weather, bumper crops and sufficient food
President Truong Tan Sang extends Tet wishes

President Truong Tan Sang extends Tet wishes

(VOVworld) - President Truong Tan Sang paid tribute to the memorial house of former Party leader Nguyen Van Cu in Bac Ninh province on Saturday. General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu was a...
Mother Goddess Worshipping Ritual

Mother Goddess Worshipping Ritual

(VOVworld)- The ritual of worshipping the Mother Goddess has been associated with Vietnamese people’s spiritual life for thousands of years. It originated in Vietnamese people’s struggle against severe weather, oppression...
Muong epic of land and water creation

Muong epic of land and water creation

(VOVworld) – The Muong have an epic about the history of their group since the creation of land and water. The epic is a lively and creative encyclopedia of Muong traditions
Life in Hanoi’s Old Quarter

Life in Hanoi’s Old Quarter

(VOVworld)- In Vietnam guidebooks, Hanoi’s Old Quarter always gets top billing. Hanoi’s Old Quarter comprises 36 busy guild streets. Tourists visiting the Old Quarter wander the narrow streets, visit the...
Story of a Polish girl on Ly Son Island

Story of a Polish girl on Ly Son Island

(VOVworld) – Ly Son islanders are no longer surprised to see Edyta Roszko riding her bicycle around the island, talking to anyone she meets about anything on earth in Vietnamese. Edyta Roszko,...
Titles honor contributions of artisans

Titles honor contributions of artisans

(VOVworld) – Vietnam has many policies to honor artists and artisans in particular. In the future, granting the titles ‘people’s artisan’ and ‘meritorious artisan’ in terms of intangible cultural heritage...
Cultural identity of the M’Nong

Cultural identity of the M’Nong

(VOVworld) – The M’Nong was one of the first groups to settle in the Central Highlands. They have preserved many unique cultural features of their traditional festivals and folklore including epics, beating...
Tug of war- a multinational cultural heritage

Tug of war- a multinational cultural heritage

(VOVworld)- Vietnam has completed a dossier on “Rituals and Tug of War folk games” to seek UNESCO recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity by 2015. Vietnam has joined the Republic...
Dau pagoda in Bac Ninh province

Dau pagoda in Bac Ninh province

(VOVworld)- The Dau pagoda in Thanh Khuong commune, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province is one of Vietnam’s most ancient pagodas. The pagoda was the first Buddhism center in Vietnam....