Lim festival - an attraction of Bac Ninh

Lim festival - an attraction of Bac Ninh

(VOVWORLD) - Spring festivals are now taking place throughout Vietnam. Let's explore the Lim festival in Bac Ninh province, one of the most popular festivals in the north during the...
Original features of the Mong's New Year ceremony

Original features of the Mong's New Year ceremony

(VOVWORLD) - The Mong people are an important partof the community of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, with a population of about one million people. They are often found the highland areas, mostly in northern mountain...
Thuong Mo commune preserves ca tru singing

Thuong Mo commune preserves ca tru singing

(VOVWORLD) - Ca tru (ceremonial singing), also known as hat a dao, is an ancient genre of music featuring female vocalists. It originated in northern Vietnam and was, like many traditional music genres, a form of entertainment for the royal...
Wild vegetable specialties in the northwest region

Wild vegetable specialties in the northwest region

(VOVWORLD) -The Northwest is a mountainous region with not only a poetic landscape, but is also home to 20 ethnic minorities and diverse cultural interests. Its topography is divided into many layers, so its climatic conditions vary by area....
Funeral of Vietnam ethnic people

Funeral of Vietnam ethnic people

(VOVWORLD) - Funerals customs vary between ethnic groups in Vietnam. For many ethnic minority groups, funeral activities include games, dancing, and dressing in special ritual costumes, which might be considered odd...
Cooking like a Hanoian

Cooking like a Hanoian

(VOVWORLD) - Travelers who come to Hanoi often think about exploring this city’s culture and history by visiting some famous sites like Hoan Kiem Lake, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Temple of Literature, or Water Puppet...
Mam hen sauce & ngan dishes

Mam hen sauce & ngan dishes

(VOVWORLD) - Welcome to VOV’s Sunday Show, our biggest feature of the week, delving into Vietnamese culture and landscape. Today, we are going to learn about the mam hen sauce of the Thai...
Medicinal herbs of the Dao people

Medicinal herbs of the Dao people

(VOVWORLD) -The knowledge of traditional therapeutic medicine was developed in Vietnam thousands of years ago, along with experience gained in using natural resources for survival. In spite of the progress...
Tran Tuan Viet – a visual storyteller

Tran Tuan Viet – a visual storyteller

(VOVWORLD) - With hopes to become a visual storyteller instead of a photographer, amateur Tran Tuan Viet has done his best to capture moments of innocence, intimacy and freshness in Vietnam. He has also...
Longivity celebration of Nung ethnic minority people

Longivity celebration of Nung ethnic minority people

(VOVWORLD) - There are approximately 80 thousand Nung people living in the northern province of Bac Giang, 45 km north of Hanoi. They earn a living from rice growing and gathering. Birthdays or longivity celebrations...
Wedding ceremony of the Red Dao

Wedding ceremony of the Red Dao

(VOVWORLD) - Getting married is a significant milestone in a person’s life. Wedding rituals of the Red Dao ethnic people embrace traditional cultural features that need to be promoted and preserved....
Doi Tam village and the art of drum making

Doi Tam village and the art of drum making

(VOVWORLD) - In Vietnam, drums are a traditional instrument at festivals and weddings. They are also used to announce arrivals to the community, signal when school starts or ends, and accompany musical performances. Depending on...
IU.IU.IU Exhibit- Life through the eyes of artists with autism

IU.IU.IU Exhibit- Life through the eyes of artists with autism

(VOVWORLD) -April is Autism Acceptance Month to raise awareness about autism, which is a complex brain disorder that often inhibits a person’s ability to communicate, respond to surroundings, and form relationships with others. On this occasion,...
The Tale of Kieu featured in new suite

The Tale of Kieu featured in new suite

(VOVWORLD) - Music Professor Dang Ngoc Long has a long association with Vietnamese music. He is the person who popularized Vietnamese music including Nghe Tinh and Quan Ho folk songs in...
Return to place of survival

Return to place of survival

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is a word that always haunts the minds of American war veterans, who fought during the war in the country shaped like the letter “S”. More than 40 years after the war ended...