Culture sports

Hanoi (VNA) - The San Diu ethnic minority group, who live in northern mountainous areas with a population of nearly 147,000, celebrate quite a lot of festivals the most important of which is Tet, the lunar New Year festival. The group considers Tet an occasion for family members to gather after a year of hard work. To welcome the new year, San Diu people decorate their homes with red papers stuck on ancestor altars, entrance doors, gates and perennial trees in their gardens in the belief that red papers will bring in fortune and happiness for not only their own families but the community and other living creatures as well. While eating simple food like vegetable, bamboo shoot, taro and bean everyday, the San Diu prepares numerous dishes for Tet, including fried pork, fried duck, banh tay (long sticky rice cake with green bean and pork filling), banh gio (cake made from stick rice soaked in forest leaf liquid and served with honey) and sour meat. About one week before Tet, … [Read more...] about Tet of the San Diu ethnic minority group

A traditional wedding of the Pa Co ethnic people. An exhibition featuring the traditional wedding ceremonies of ethnic minority communities will be held from June 28-30 in Hanoi as part of the Family Day Festival. — VNA/VNS Photo Ho Cau This year’s festival is themed “Preservation and promotion of good behaviour in Vietnamese family tradition”. It will honour the traditional values of Vietnamese families and provide an opportunity for families to share their experiences and talk about preserving Vietnamese families in the age of global integration. … [Read more...] about Festival to celebrate Family Day in Hanoi

Today, travelers tend to be more concerned about the quality of the destination. Guests will stay longer if the destination has many interesting experiencing activities. If previously, the trend of cruises has changed in recent years to resort in the mountains, to experience the local culture. … [Read more...] about Green tourism – sustainable development direction of Vietnam’s tourism

This year the two countries will celebrate the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic relations so many activities are expected to be held to strengthen economic and politic links between the two sides. Via this special occasion, Ms. Indira Lopez Arguelles sent wishes of prosperity and success to Vietnam and good health to the local people. She also wished a new dynamic period of cooperation relationship in economic field and trade in accordance with Vietnam and Cuba politic relations. In 2020, the relationship between Vietnam and Thailand will have a remarkable event which is the fifth anniversary of friendship relationship establishment between Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City. As this reason, Consul General of Thailand to Ho Chi Minh City Apirat Sugondhabhirom expected to launch cultural events as well as visits of exchange between the leaders of both cities. He also hoped that Vietnam would be successful as the ASEAN chairmanship in 2020.By Thuy Vu- Translated by Huyen Huong … [Read more...] about Tet holiday- Wonderful time for experiencing Vietnam’s culture

Every year, from the fourth to eighth day of the first Lunarmonth, the local people and visitors from the mainland flock to Ly Son for the boat race. There are eight boats from the communes that participate in the event. They are decorated following the images of four holy beasts, including long (dragon), ly (unicorn), quy (turtle) and phung (phoenix). Before the festival opens, the teams have to worship gods with separate rituals. … [Read more...] about Tu Linh boat race – a unique festival of Ly Son island district