Traditional house of the Cham

Traditional house of the Cham

(VOVWORLD) - Most Cham ethic minority people live in Ninh Thuan province and follow a matriarchal system. After marriage, the husband moves in with his wife's family. Within the extended Cham...
Veteran artist helps revive Chu Ru culture

Veteran artist helps revive Chu Ru culture

(VOVWORLD) - The sound of gongs, gourd clarinets, and drums echoes over mountains and forests from Diom A hamlet, Don Duong district, Lam Dong province. Regular performances have revived the music...
Tay poet devotes whole life to ethnic culture

Tay poet devotes whole life to ethnic culture

(VOVWORLD) - Tay poet Nong Viet Toai, who was born in the Viet Bac northern region, the base of Vietnam’s revolutionary forces during their struggle against French colonialists, has spent most...
 Gongs in the life of the Tho

Gongs in the life of the Tho

(VOVWORLD) - The Tho ethnic minority live in mountain communes in Nghe An and Thanh Hoa province. They have maintained their traditional costumes, folk singing, and dancing. Gong playing is an...
Straw clay houses of Ngai people

Straw clay houses of Ngai people

(VOVWORLD) - The Ngai group has about 1,200 people living in 27 cities and provinces, but mostly in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. The Ngai are called by many names Khach Gia, He,...
Brocade weaving of the Dao Tien group

Brocade weaving of the Dao Tien group

(VOVWORLD) - It’s a Dao tradition that girls must learn to weave, embroider, and make their own clothes when they are little. The embroidery patterns on their clothes reflect the culture...
The O Du ethnic group

The O Du ethnic group

(VOVWORLD) - Of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups, several consist of a few hundred people living in remote mountain areas. The O Du in Nghe An province is one of the...
Incense-making craft of the Nung An

Incense-making craft of the Nung An

(VOVWORLD) - For many generations the Nung An ethnic minority of Phja Thap hamlet have been making incense sticks from natural materials. Phja Thap hamlet at the foot of Ta Hung...
Drum dance of the Giay

Drum dance of the Giay

(VOVWORLD) - Of the ethnic groups who live in Ha Giang province, the Giay are clustered mainly in Tát Ngà hamlet, Mèo Vạc district. Recent socio-economic development has made their life easier...
Tinh, the unique musical instrument of the Tay ethnic minority

Tinh, the unique musical instrument of the Tay ethnic minority

(VOVWORLD) - The Tay in the northern border province of Quang Ninh have a vibrant cultural life with many customs, rituals, and festivals, such as the “Going to the field” festival at the beginning of the year, the Longevity ceremony, the Crop...
Co Tu ritual pays gratitude to forest

Co Tu ritual pays gratitude to forest

(VOVWORLD) - Expressing gratitude to the forests is an original tradition of the Co Tu in Tay Giang district, Quang Nam province. At the beginning of the year, the Co Tu...
Tet of ethnic groups

Tet of ethnic groups

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese nation has 54 ethnic groups. Each group has its own culture, customs, language, lifestyle, costumes, and celebrations. The ways they celebrate Tet, the lunar New Year, add...
R’dao custom of the Co Tu

R’dao custom of the Co Tu

(VOVWORLD) - The Co Tu ethnic minority people live mainly in the mountainous regions of Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue provinces and in the western end of Da Nang city in central Vietnam....