Wednesday September 16, 2015

Wednesday September 16, 2015

(VOVworld) - We’d like to thank you, our listeners, for your congratulations on VOV’s 70th anniversary last week. Your sentiments were an enormous reward for us on this special day...
Wedding ritual of the Pu Peo

Wedding ritual of the Pu Peo

(VOVworld) – Living together with 22 other ethnic groups in Ha Giang province, the Pu Peo have maintained their culture, customs, and lifestyle. In this program, Vinh Phong will introduce...
Perfect Honeymoon & Wedding Exhibition

Perfect Honeymoon & Wedding Exhibition

(VOVworld) - What does a couple have to do before their wedding? Can they prepare for one of the biggest days of their life in just one day? Or one week? Or does it take one year? Oh...
Family meals nurture happiness

Family meals nurture happiness

(VOVworld) – For Vietnamese, family meals are a time for family reunions. They help not only form family traditions and guarantee family happiness, maintain order and discipline, but also create the...
Vietnamese, Lao twinned border villages

Vietnamese, Lao twinned border villages

(VOVworl) – Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri shares 260 km of land border with Laos’ provinces Savannakhet and Salavan. Since a program to establish Vietnamese-Lao twin was signed in 2005, 24...
The Van Kieu preserve their stilt house

The Van Kieu preserve their stilt house

(VOVworld) – Many of the Van Kieu’s traditional values and customs including their stilt houses have been affected by modern life. The Quang Tri provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism...
Letters connect north and south

Letters connect north and south

(VOVworld)- During the war, many people in northern Vietnam left behind their loved ones and families to go to the southern front. At that time, letters were the only means of communicating...
Tour of villages in Dak Lak

Tour of villages in Dak Lak

(VOVworld) – Visitors to Dak Lak province in the central highlands have an opportunity to ride an elephants and learn how local people hunt and tame elephants. The province is home to several ethnic minority groups...
Wedding of the Giay in Lao Cai

Wedding of the Giay in Lao Cai

(VOVworld) – The Giay people care a great deal about marriage and the continuation of the family line. Their least concern is a family’s wealth or poverty. For them, the most important...
 Panpipe playing at Dao weddings

Panpipe playing at Dao weddings

(VOVworld) – Panpipes are an integral part of the spiritual life of the red Dao ethnic minority in Vietnam. The red Dao only play the panpipes at weddings and maturity rituals, not...
“Maturity” ritual for boys of the Dao Khau

“Maturity” ritual for boys of the Dao Khau

(VOVworld) – “Cấp sắc” or “Quá tăng” meaning “maturity ritual”, is a typical cultural feature of the Dao people. They believe a man that has not passed a “cap sac” ritual can...
Marriage of Mong people in Dien Bien province

Marriage of Mong people in Dien Bien province

(VOVworld) – The Mong people in Dien Bien province have always upheld their traditional identities including the wedding ritual. The spring is normally the season for Mong people to marry