(VOVworld) - Tranh Khuc village in Thanh Tri district on the outskirts of Hanoi is famous for making Chung cake, a typical sticky rice cake for the Lunar New Year Holiday or Tet in Vietnam. On these days, the spring and Tet atmosphere is prevailing over the village. All villagers from the elderly to children are involved in making Chung cake such as washing Dong wrapping leaves and rice, steaming green beans, preparing meats, and wrapping the cakes.

(VOVworld) – Nhat Tan village on the edge of Hanoi’s West Lake is blooming with a variety of flowers, but especially peach flowers. Let’s take a tour of Nhat Tan village to enjoy the early Tet atmosphere at Hanoi’s flower farms.

(VOVworld) – ‘Imposing’ was the word Professor Phan Huy Le, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Historical Sciences, used to describe the newly unearthed architectural work in Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi. The Vietnamese historian said this was a water system of the Ly Dynasty, the first of its kind to have been excavated in the country. VOV’s Phuong Anh introduces this special architecture.

(VOV) – ‘Over the past 60 years, we’ve been worried about the fatherland so we hold the Vietnamese nationality to be able to come back whenever we have an opportunity.’ This is the aspiration of 70-year-old Ngo Thien Hon who is living and working in Toulouse, France. Beginning as a teacher, he then worked in radio, and over the past 30 years his family has cooperated with French people who know the Vietnamese language to develop a radio program in Vietnamese for Vietnamese living in France.

(VOVworld) – The cheerful atmosphere of Christmas is overwhelming the capital city of Hanoi. Christmas carols echo from churches and twinkling lights illuminate main streets and shopping centers. Here’s a glimpse of Hanoians preparing for Christmas.

(VOVworld) – Visitors to bustling Hang Buom street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter should take notice of a coffee shop whose front is designed to look like an army tent. It has a plain signboard that reads “Soldier”. Inside, it appears to be a small museum preserving war items. VOV reporter To Tuan checked out this one-of-a-kind coffee shop.

(VOVworld) – UNESCO has recognized Vietnam’s Hung Kings worshiping ritual in Phu Tho province as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage. This is a great honor for Vietnam and Phu Tho province Vietnamese spiritual culture has now been acknowledged globally. VOV’s Le Phuong reports:

(VOVworld)- Water puppetry is a unique art that originated in Vietnam’s wet rice civilization. Along with traditional theaters like Tuong and Cheo, water puppetry has raised its role on the traditional stages that need to be preserved. Puppeteer Phan Thanh Liem has become the vanguard in preserving and promoting this folk art after opening a stage for water puppetry performances in his house.

(VoVoworld) – Over the past 70 years, “Adventures of a Cricket", written by To Hoai, has become a close friend of many generations of Vietnamese children. Every sentence, every paragraph, and every image in the work is filled with love, praising peaceful ideals and noble friendship. To mark the 70 anniversary of this literature work, let’s listen to opinions of some people talking about the beloved children's tale through a report by Lan Anh.

(VOVworld) – The custom of chewing betel and areca nut is one of Vietnamese people's fine traditional cultural features in the past. Areca splitting knife, pots of slaked lime, cylindrical lime holders, and betel-trays are among indispensable tools for chewing betel leaf and areca nut. Visiting the Vietnam National History Museum these days, you can see these tools which are gradually fading outof Vietnamese people’s life along with the betel and areca chewing custom.