Giay cake – a unique wedding offering of the Tay

Giay cake – a unique wedding offering of the Tay

(VOVWORLD) - Ethnic groups in each region of Vietnam have their own wedding customs reflecting their unique cultural identity. For the Tay ethnic group in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, Banh Giay – round, sticky rice...
PM requests quicker third dose vaccination

PM requests quicker third dose vaccination

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the Ministry of Health to direct centrally-run cities and provinces to speed up the vaccination of the third dose of COVID...
A peaceful village in Spratly island

A peaceful village in Spratly island

(VOVWORLD) - Located hundreds of nautical miles away from the mainland, small villages accommodate 10 households, a school, and a clinic where locals are living peaceful lives. Let’s visit a village in the Song...
National vitality in spring

National vitality in spring

(VOVWORLD) - Production and commerce have been in high gear in the first week of the Lunar New Year, a welcome contrast to the long slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Tay, Nung custom of hanging red paper at Tet

Tay, Nung custom of hanging red paper at Tet

(VOVWORLD) - The Tay and Nung ethnic groups have a custom of gluing pieces of red paper to things to say farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. They stick red paper...
Mong ethnic minority’s baby naming ritual

Mong ethnic minority’s baby naming ritual

(VOVWORLD) - Mong ethnic minority people live mainly in the northern mountain provinces including Ha Giang, Dien Bien, and Cao Bang, and in several Central Highlands provinces. Like other ethnic groups, Mong...
Co Tu people’s Thanksgiving for parents

Co Tu people’s Thanksgiving for parents

(VOVWORLD) - At the end of the year, when farm work finishes, the Co Tu ethic minority people visit relatives to tighten family bonds. The son-in-law usually brings special...
Hang market – where tradition competes with modernity

Hang market – where tradition competes with modernity

(VOVWORLD) - In the middle of the bustling shops and supermarkets of Hai Phong city stands Hang wet market, typical of Vietnam’s northern countryside. There, buyers can find seedlings, breeding animals, home furniture...