(VOVWORLD) - A national musical instrument and solo contest opened in Dak Lak province on Friday gathering 650 artists from 35 art troupes nationwide
(VOVWORLD) - Preserving ethnic culture is a tough challenge in the modern world. In Thai Hai hamlet, Thai Nguyen province, preserving the language, costumes, folklore, and customs of Vietnam’s Tay...
(VOVWORLD) - The practice of worshiping the Hung Kings in Phu Tho province was recognized by UNESCO as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage in 2012. The Hung Kings ritual,...
(VOVWORLD) - Dó or Poonah paper has been widely used in Vietnam’s famous Dong Ho and Hang Trong folk paintings. Drawing on poonah paper requires a very difficult technique that very...
(VOVWORLD) - Folk games, a common childhood memory of many generations of Vietnamese people, are gradually fading in modern society. More efforts from both authorities and communities are needed to preserve...
(VOVWORLD) - As any Romanian will eagerly explain, there’s much more to know about Romania than the legend of Dracula. Constantly featured among Europe’s best travel destinations, Romania has plenty to surprise those...
(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...
(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese nation has 54 ethnic groups. Each group has its own culture, customs, language, lifestyle, costumes, and celebrations. The ways they celebrate Tet, the lunar New Year, add...
(VOVWORLD) - For many Vietnamese, the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival begins with a Kitchen God worshipping ceremony on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. Vietnamese people prepare offerings...
(VOVWORLD) - The annual candlelit Lucia procession on December 13 is one of the more exotic Swedish customs, with girls and boys clad in white full-length gowns singing songs together. When the 400-year...
(VOVWORLD) - Jamaican psychology student Toni-Ann Singh was crowned Miss World 2019 Saturday at a ceremony in London, with Miss France and Miss India runners-up in the beauty pageant....
(VOVWORLD) - The Red River has played a critical role in the historical and cultural life of Hanoi, Vietnam’s 1000-year-old capital. The river’s main stream flows through Hanoi...
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Saturday attended a ceremony where folklore researcher Nguyen Hai Lien presented the outcomes of his research on intangible cultural heritage to the Vietnam...
(VOVWORLD) -A week of culture and tourism closed on Sunday in Cao Lanh city in the southern province of Dong Thap, highlighting the province’s signature lotus flower
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups account for 14 percent of the population, with a vibrant diversity of cultures, languages, and livelihoods
(VOVWORLD) - The Black Thai in Son La province base their calendar on the phases of the moon. Important events such as funerals, weddings, ground breakings, house-warmings, and crop plantings...
(VOVWORLD) - Indonesian choir Vocalista Angel has won a special prize at the Vietnam International Choir Competition 2019 held in Hoi An town, Quang Nam province
(VOVWORLD) - A ceremony was held in Dong Hoi city, Quang Binh province, on Wednesday to receive a certificate from UNESCO recognizing Bai Choi singing as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of...
(VOVWORLD) - The death anniversary of the Hung Kings, founders of the Vietnamese nation, and the Hung Kings Festival are underway in Phu Tho province, which is dubbed as the ancestors’...
(VOVWORLD) - The time-honored worship of Hung Kings is ingrained in the Vietnamese nation’s communities. Generations of Vietnamese have believed the Hung Kings to be the founders of the first Vietnamese...