Gau Tao Festival of the Mong

Gau Tao Festival of the Mong

(VOVWORLD) - The Mong in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang celebrate many festivals and rituals each year. The Gau Tao, which means “mountain sight-seeing in the spring” is...
 Red River delta, the land of tugging games

Red River delta, the land of tugging games

(VOVWORLD) - The tugging rituals and folk games were honored by UNESCO in 2015 as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, a multi-national project of Vietnam, the Republic of Korea, Cambodia, and the Philippines, the first multi-national project ever recognized...
Changes in China’s Spring Festival celebration

Changes in China’s Spring Festival celebration

(VOVWORLD) - As in Vietnam, Spring Festival or Lunar New Year is the grandest festival and longest public holiday in China. During this period China is dominated by red lanterns, loud fireworks, massive banquets...
Wednesday February 3, 2021

Wednesday February 3, 2021

(VOVWORLD) - We’d like to send our big thanks to Shivendu Paul of India for his latest email to VOV. In an email on February 1, he shared his knowledge...
Vietnam’s Lunar New Year customs

Vietnam’s Lunar New Year customs

(VOVWORLD) - Tet, the lunar New Year festival, is the most important festival in Vietnam. On this occasion, people practice traditional customs to wish for a new lunar year full of peace, luck, wealth...
03/02/2021

03/02/2021

(VOVWORLD) - Foods that boost your immune system. - Lucky plants and flowers for Lunar New Year or Tet in Vietnam. - Best home workout apps for 2021
Kitchen Gods ceremony a tradition of Tet

Kitchen Gods ceremony a tradition of Tet

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese traditional New Year (Tet) festival actually begins on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on Wednesday this year, with the “Ong Cong - Ong...