Gau Tao Festival of the Mong

Gau Tao Festival of the Mong

(VOVWORLD) - The Mong in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang celebrate many festivals and rituals each year. The Gau Tao, which means “mountain sight-seeing in the spring” is...
Can’t-miss venues in Ninh Binh Province

Can’t-miss venues in Ninh Binh Province

(VOVWORLD) - Boasting untouched natural landscapes, Ninh Binh Province is a renowned destination in northern Vietnam. It welcomes a large number of tourist arrivals all year round, especially during Tet (Lunar new...
Hanoi tests all Hai Duong arrivals for Covid-19

Hanoi tests all Hai Duong arrivals for Covid-19

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi authorities said people who arrived from neighboring Hai Duong Province, the country’s Covid-19 epicenter, between February 2 and 16 would be tested for the coronavirus. The move came...
 Red River delta, the land of tugging games

Red River delta, the land of tugging games

(VOVWORLD) - The tugging rituals and folk games were honored by UNESCO in 2015 as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, a multi-national project of Vietnam, the Republic of Korea, Cambodia, and the Philippines, the first multi-national project ever recognized...
Palestine remains central cause in Arab world

Palestine remains central cause in Arab world

(VOVWORLD) - Establishing an independent, sovereign Palestinian state remains the Arab world’s primary cause, despite other challenges facing the region, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Monday following an emergency...
Vietnam’s Lunar New Year customs

Vietnam’s Lunar New Year customs

(VOVWORLD) - Tet, the lunar New Year festival, is the most important festival in Vietnam. On this occasion, people practice traditional customs to wish for a new lunar year full of peace, luck, wealth...
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...