(VOVWORLD) - Welcome to VOV’s Sunday Show, our biggest feature of the week, delving into Vietnamese culture and landscape. In today’s show, we’ll introduce the signature dish and beverage to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year of the H’Mong ethnic minority group in Ha Giang province and the Ede in Dak Lak central Highland’s province. First, let’s visit Ha Giang province to learn how the H’Mong make their traditional maize cake.

(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 provinces of Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Son La and a few in the Central Highlands. The best time to visit the Mong is during the Lunar New Year in late January or early February, when they celebrate Tet festival.

(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 court. Hundreds of years ago, Dai Phu village in Thuong Mo commune, Dan Phuong district, Hanoi, was a cradle of ca tru singing. During long years of war, the genre faded, but in the last 20 years, local authorities and residents have worked to restore and preserve ca tru singing by opening a club and organizing free classes to teach ca tru to people of all ages.

(VOVWORLD) - The Bo Y have the smallest population of the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam and live in the northern border province of Ha Giang. During the year, the Bo Y people in Quan Ba district, Ha Giang province have various agricultural rituals to express their gratitude to the deities and ancestors for bumper crop and prosperity.

(VOVWORLD) - Páo Dung is the traditional singing of the Dao ethnic minority people living in northern Vietnam. It was created to serve people’s spiritual and religious needs. Páo Dung has been handed down through generations and is still sung by the Dao people today, not only at festivals and traditional holidays but to accompany everyday activities. This genre has been honored as a national intangible cultural heritage of Vietnam.

(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. The local ethnic minorites live close to nature. Formerly, they often used wild plants in the forests as ingredients and seasoning for their meals in difficult times. Gradually, they took wild ingredients home to cook with meat, fish, and spices. They have turned simple ingredients into hearty dishes highlighting the soul of the local land and people. Let’s follow reporter Cẩm Chi to a Thai family in Moc Chau district, Son La province, to discover specialties from wild vegetables in the northwest.

(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 in other cultures

(VOVWORLD) - Ha Nhi ethnic people’s earthen-wall houses are warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Their unique houses help them deal with the harsh weather of the northern mountain Vietnam.

(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 Theatre. Not many of them think to broaden their knowledge of Hanoi’s culture via a cooking class of traditional famous food. If you have at least 3 hours and are wondering what to do in Hanoi, “Cooking like a Hanoian” maybe not a bad choice. More than a cooking event, it is a culture exchange activity, where you can learn a dish while having an enjoyable time chatting with locals to know about local lifestyles and history. VOV’s Viet Anh has a story:

(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 in Son La province. After that, we will take you to Ha Nam island, Quang Ninh province to enjoy a local specialty made from a mollusk called ngan.