Top legislator bids farewell to EU delegation head

Top legislator bids farewell to EU delegation head

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan lauded contributions by head of the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam Bruno Angelet to fostering Vietnam-EU relations when receiving...
Wednesday April 24,2019

Wednesday April 24,2019

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Jarai’s unique Po Thi funeral custom

Jarai’s unique Po Thi funeral custom

(VOVWORLD) - Po Thi, the Jarai custom of building a larger charnel house for a deceased person before seeing them off to the world of Gods, takes place between January and...
Tet tradition honors Kitchen Gods

Tet tradition honors Kitchen Gods

(VOVWORLD) - For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year) festival has actually begun with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd day of the last lunar month...
Traditional Tet customs reenacted

Traditional Tet customs reenacted

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam’s traditional rituals were reenacted on Saturday at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, raising the curtain for activities to welcome the upcoming Tet or Lunar New Year
H'Hen Niê’s journey to Miss Universe Top 5

H'Hen Niê’s journey to Miss Universe Top 5

(VOVWORLD) - H’Hen Nie, the Vietnamese representative at Miss Universe 2018, finished in the top five of the beauty pageant whose final round took place in Thailand on December 17. During 2...
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...
Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay

(VOVWORLD) - They jut out of the depths, massive rocks reminiscent of the Jurassic era, structures so huge, destructively breathtaking, the water rippling, glinting, from the suns rays over the deep...
Dien Bien has two more national intangible heritages

Dien Bien has two more national intangible heritages

(VOVWORLD) - Dien Bien recently had two more heritages added to the list of national intangible cultural heritages. They are the Bun huot nam (water splashing festival) of the Lao ethnic minority people in Nua...