A Sacred Ceremony At A World Heritage Site

Hoa Lu Festival (or Truong YenFestival) takes place every year from the 8th to 10th day of the 3rd lunar month at the shrines of King Dinh Tien Hoang and King Le Dai Hanh at Truong Yen Commune, Hoa Lu District, Ninh Binh Province.

An Artist Who Truly Loves His Country

If you love your country and its traditions, it follows you will deeply care for the environment.

Year Of The Pig

Pigs symbolize indulgence, lust and satiety in leisure. The image of a pig can be used as a symbol of financial wellness. In addition, the pig head is also an important part of a tray of offerings in the ceremonial rites of the Vietnamese people.

Conservation

OFFICIALS DEBATE MERITS OF UPGRADING BACH MA.

Hue City Seeks Great Days For Local Tourism

Recently, the former imperial city of Hue proposed plans to boost tourism in an attempt to revive the sector’s heydays.

Disabled Artists Create Beauty In Sand

Do Dang Phi Long was born in 1988 as a normal child.

Meeting A Grande Dame Of Vietnamese Art

Sometimes I feel I have the best job in the world.

The Boat Race That Celebrates The Moon

Ok om Bok festival, aka the Moon festival, is a tradition of Khmer communities in the 13 provinces of the Mekong River delta of Vietnam.

Tohe The Edible Toy

Xuan La Village, Phuong Duc Commune, PhuXuyen District of the Hanoi suburbs is considered the cradle of the starch figurine trade.Village elders say that in the past, due to the lack of toys, some people kneaded animal figurines for them with rice flour, mixed with a little sticky rice flour.

Mother's Initiative Helps Kids Improve English

Thirteen-year-old BaoTram had her first chance to talk to foreign visitors, thanks to a tour she took in June.

The Gift Of Heaven

The famous scholar Le Quy Don described, ‘as it falls inside the mouth, the flavor penetrates the whole palate like a heavenly elixir.’

Green Bean Vermicelli Is Famous From South To North

Con River running along An Thai Village has a big yellow sand bar that clears the water well enough to use it to make vermicelli.

Heroes Of A Thousand Faces

The ancient art of mask-making is still alive

Paying The Dead

The elaborate enrichment ceremony of the Nung

Temple Of The Dragons

A wooden temple is the host to hundreds of dragon carvings

Mourning The President Tran Dai Quang

On 21 September, residents throughout the country hada shocking day as the news that President Tran Dai Quang passed away at the age of 62 was broadcast on air and online newswires.

A Culture Built For Working People

Downtown East is a special thing. As a business run by the National Trades Union Congress, it can exist and be successful only in Singapore.

Phat Ziem Stone Church

Where Eastern and Western architectural styles converge.

Totally Tropical Tasting Tipple: Bia Crafted In Vietnam

Over the more than twenty years since I came to Vietnam, beer has developed along with the economy in general.

Passion For My Hometown Hue

In the first days of the New Year 2019, Thuy Lien had a conversation with photographer Luong Nam Nhat Long from Hue, First Prize winner in the category of Young Authors in the 2018 Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards for the photo “ Out of Class”

The 'Hunt' For Clouds And Fog In Moc Chau

About 200km from Hanoi, Moc Chau is a vast plateau, considered by many to be the most beautiful of the Northern highlands.

A King Who Favored Buddhism

The era of Middle Prosperity of Le boasted having the most bizarre king in our history,

Hurricane Of Angels

I came to the Art Space in the evening.

Plate Flower Displays A Fading Relic Of The Past

On the occasions of New Year’s, new moon, full moon and commemoration of dead relatives, the Vietnamese always have on the altar a plate of flowers and another one with betel and areca.

Hanoi April Loa Ken

Walking Hanoi streets is always so blissful. And I have spotted here and there bicycles peddling white lilies.

Ramuwan And Cham Bani People In Ninh Thuan Province

Ramuwan is the name of the most important festival in cultural and spiritual life of Bani Muslims, mostly Cham by ethnicity, in NinhThuan Province.

A 'Catholic Capital' In A Bog

More than 120 years old, Phat Diem Church, a complex of 20 architectural structures, is located in Phat Diem Township, Kim Son District, Ninh Binh Province. Dubbed by many journals and tourists as the ‘Capital of Vietnam Catholicism,’ it was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism a National Cultural and Historical Heritage Site in 1988.‘The Phat Diem Church complex occupies an area of 20ha, its main structures being six chapels, a bishop edifice, a bell-tower, a theater, a museum of traditions, an artificial mount, two caves and a pond,’ according to the website of the church.

Hue Bids Farewell To Its Beloved Singer

Minh Man, a live treasure ofca Hue, a type of traditionalmusic that is as significantas ca tru in the north and don ca tai tu in the south, gave her last breath at her home in central Hue City in March, at 93.

Straw Mat Trade Village Is Over 500 Years Old

Tan Le Commune, Hung Ha District of Thai Binh Province has been famous for generations for its straw mat trade.

Heart Of Glass

Glass noodles are the beloved tradecraft in ancient northern town