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The official’s wife’s sudden heavy spending caught the husband by surprise. He then asked her why she was able to have such a big amount of money. Knowing that she couldn’t hide the story any longer, the wife told the truth. But, much to her even bigger surprise, the official said, “Oh, my dear! Why the hell didn’t you say then that I was born in the Year of the Buffalo? If so, we would have had a big fortune now.” … [Read more...] about The Rat in the Vietnamese culture

“It was such a great happiness for the doctors and nurses to welcome the first babies of the year. In 2020, the hospital will apply new techniques to help women and babies,” Nguyễn Hữu Dự, the hospital director said. — VNS … [Read more...] about First babies born as the Year of the Rat begins

First tourists on a flight of Vietnam Airlines receive welcome at Đà Nẵng International Airport on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The flight from HCM City carried 120 passengers to Đà Nẵng on January 25. — VNS Photo Công Thành  … [Read more...] about Đà Nẵng welcomes first visitors of the year

Bac Ninh (VNA) – Dong Ho village, formerly named Mai village, in Song Ho commune of Thuan Thanh district, the northern province of Bac Ninh, is known as the cradle of one of the most famous folk painting genres of Vietnam. Telling the history of Dong Ho paintings, artisan Nguyen Dang Che, who has been working hard to preserve this genre, said according ancestors’ documents, the craft of making paintings in Dong Ho dates back to the 16th century, and it is now more than 500 years old. So far, no one has ever heard about the founder of this craft, and all the quintessence of this folk painting genre has been handed down from generation to generation by artisans for centuries. This genre had been in its prime before 1944. At that time, local residents mainly earned their living by making paintings to sell in the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival and producing votive papers. The village was busy all year round, and there were up to 17 clans involved in making paintings. Usually, … [Read more...] about Dong Ho – An outstanding folk painting genre

Last year, major cultural events in the province, such as the Lang Son Culture, Sports and Tourism Week and the third Chi Lang Custard Apple Festival, featured “lay co” as part of the folk game programme. Spring festivals in some districts also organised the game, for example, Bung Kham Festival in Trang Dinh district and Hai Yen Festival in Cao Loc district. Mau Son tourism festival in Loc Binh district held “lay co” for two years in a row, 2018 and 2019, which was warmly welcomed by people from various ethnic minority communities such as Tay, Nung and Dao. The game seemed to create a special bond between players, making strangers become friends. … [Read more...] about “Lay co” – a unique tradition of Tay and Nung people in Lang Son