Changes in China’s Spring Festival celebration

Changes in China’s Spring Festival celebration

(VOVWORLD) - As in Vietnam, Spring Festival or Lunar New Year is the grandest festival and longest public holiday in China. During this period China is dominated by red lanterns, loud fireworks, massive banquets...
Overseas Vietnamese celebrate Tet amid COVID-19

Overseas Vietnamese celebrate Tet amid COVID-19

(VOVWORLD) - Tet, Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year holiday, celebrates the beginning of spring. For many overseas Vietnamese, the COVID-19 epidemic has made it impossible to return home for the traditional Tet...
Wednesday February 3, 2021

Wednesday February 3, 2021

(VOVWORLD) - We’d like to send our big thanks to Shivendu Paul of India for his latest email to VOV. In an email on February 1, he shared his knowledge...
Kitchen Gods ceremony a tradition of Tet

Kitchen Gods ceremony a tradition of Tet

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese traditional New Year (Tet) festival actually begins on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on Wednesday this year, with the “Ong Cong - Ong...
Diwali - Festival of Lights – the biggest in India

Diwali - Festival of Lights – the biggest in India

(VOVWORLD) - Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated across India with great enthusiasm as it symbolises the victory of good over evil. Marking the return of Lord Rama to Ayodha after 14 years of exile...
Wednesday December 23, 2020

Wednesday December 23, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all VOV’s listeners. We’re entering the final week of 2020, also called the COVID-19 year, in which a world...