US election 2016: Support for Hillary Clinton rises

US election 2016: Support for Hillary Clinton rises

(VOVworld) - Support for former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among Democrats has jumped from earlier this month, thanks to a strong performance in last week's first Democratic presidential candidate...
Peace worshipping rituals of the Dao Thanh Y

Peace worshipping rituals of the Dao Thanh Y

(VOVworld) – The Dao Thanh Y organize a peace worshiping ceremony in each of the 4 seasons of the year. A ceremony consists of 13 rituals involving martial arts performances. On today’s “Colorful...
Dance festival of the red Dao

Dance festival of the red Dao

(VOVworld) – The dance festival (Tzay panh) of the red Dao in Yen Bai province is one of the most interesting ethnic festivals in Vietnam’s northern mountain region
Barefoot Dao men dance on red hot charcoals

Barefoot Dao men dance on red hot charcoals

(VOV) - Fire dancing is a typical spiritual culture of Dao ethnic minority people to pray for happiness and bumper crop. Fire dancing festival takes place at night which increases the...
HSBC: Vietnam’s economy to grow in 2014

HSBC: Vietnam’s economy to grow in 2014

(VOVworld) – The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has reported that Vietnam’s production conditions improved last December with increased output and jobs
Trade competition needs fairness

Trade competition needs fairness

(VOVworld) – The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has decided to impose anti-dumping tariffs on Vietnamese frozen fish fillets as part of its administrative review. The unfair decision released last Friday will...
  Spring festivals of Vietnamese ethnic groups

Spring festivals of Vietnamese ethnic groups

(VOVworld) - In Vietnam, spring is the season of festivals. When peach and apricot flowers blossom, it’s time for ethnic minority groups throughout Vietnam to celebrate with spring festivals. During the...
2013 Yen Tu Spring Festival opens

2013 Yen Tu Spring Festival opens

(VOVworld) – The 2013 spring festival on Yen Tu mountain, the country’s leading centre for Buddhism, opened on Monday in Uong Bi city in the northern province of Quang Ninh
Lu Duc Toan – traffic knight

Lu Duc Toan – traffic knight

(VOVworld) - Senior Lieutenant-colonel Le Duc Doan has been on duty managing traffic on the southern-end of Hanoi’s Chuong Duong Bridge for 20 years. Local people praise him for being responsible...
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...
Dancing with Fire

Dancing with Fire

Every year, when the coldest days of the winter come, Pa Then ethnic people begin to celebrate their mysterious fire dancing festival. The warmth of the fire, the sound of gongs echoing...