People & Culture

Hanoi market welcomes Kitchen Gods festival
04/02/2013 03:42
The Kitchen Gods are considered the guardians of every household’s kitchen. The one female and two male gods are said to maintain a kitchen’s fire throughout the year. It is believed that on the 23 rd day of the 12 th lunar month every year the Kitchen Gods ride carps to Heaven and...
Tet festival holds in the RoK
01/02/2013 03:34
Ambassador Tran Trong Toan said an official Tet celebration ceremony will be held at the Vietnam Embassy’s headquarters on February 2 for Vietnamese working and living in the RoK. Participants will feel like at home to see a big branch of peach blossom and enjoy traditional cooking...
Top Model contestants in imperial maids
18/10/2012 03:09
See some photos taken in the ancient and solemn space of Hoi Son pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City : Thien Trang Duong Thanh Kha My Van Mai Giang Minh Nguyet Ngoc Thuy Nguyen Ngan Nha Truc...
Hanoi’s traditional toys for Full Moon Festival
26/09/2012 03:16
Drums of all sizes are still sold on Hang Ma Street. Some drums are taken from the Doi Tam drum making village in Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province. The rest are made in Hanoi. These drums will be played by kids in the mid-autumn festival....
‘Vietnamese children at War’ photography exhibition opens in Hanoi
12/09/2012 02:57
The photos were provided by Japan’s Nihon Denpa News (NDN), the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Thieu Nien Tien Phong (Youth Pioneers) Newspaper . In December 1964, NDN officially established a correspondence office in Vietnam and became the only foreign broadcaster covering news...
Heavy floods of Yen Thanh district - Nghe An
12/09/2012 02:50
Heavy rainfall (nearly 500mm) overnight quickly raised water levels in the local rivers and submerged rice and other subsidiary crops, threatening to ruin 70 percent of the summer-autumn crops. In addition, more than 1,000 head of cattle and poultry were swept away; 33 dams, one...
Explore H'Mong People's daily life on the terraced rice fields of Khau Pha
27/06/2012 03:13
The rice terraces of Cao Pha Commune When the harvest season ends for the farmers in the delta, it just starts for H'Mong farmers in the mountainous areas. They toil all day long on the picturesque paddies. Rain is the only source of water for the fields Family...