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  • Saint Giong Festival recognised as Cultural Heritage
    By admin on November 18, 2010 | 1 Comment1 Comment  Comments
    The Saint Giong Festival in Vietnam’s Phu Dong and Soc Son Temples was recognised by the UNESCO as one of humankind’s representative intangible cultural heritage in Nairobi, Kenya on November 16. This is Hanoi’s th...
  • Overseas Vietnamese invited to celebrate Ha Noi’s birthday
    By admin on July 26, 2010 | No Comments  Comments
    Overseas Vietnamese in Vientiane and Paris were called online to join the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Ha Noi yesterday. Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Nguyen Thanh Son and Overseas Vietnamese Commission chairm...
  • Worship of Ancestor Custom
    By admin on July 23, 2010 | 1 Comment1 Comment  Comments
    Vietnamese believe that the soul of a dead person, even if dead for many generations, still rests along with their descendants on earth. The dead and living persons still have spiritual communion; in everydaylife, people...
  • Hat Xoan
    By admin on June 24, 2010 | No Comments  Comments
    In four months’ time, the dossier for Hat Xoan (Xoan singing) will be submitted to UNESCO for its recognition as an intangible World Cultural Heritage in need of urgent protection. In four months’ time, the dossie...
  • Conical Hat Vietnam
    By admin on May 24, 2010 | 4 Comments4 Comments  Comments
    Collected by Vietnam Visa Take a peasant’s common conical hat, add a touch of this and a little of that, and you will have the idea, but not quite an authentic Non Bai Tho or “Poetical Leaf” from Central Vietnam....
  • Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival
    By admin on May 23, 2010 | No Comments  Comments
    Collected by Vietnam Visa members Thousands of people annually gathered at the stadium of Do Son Town, Hai Phong City to witness the attractive performances of buffalos within the Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival, an out...
  • Vietnamese Ancestor worship
    By admin on May 23, 2010 | 27 Comments27 Comments  Comments
      Collected by Vietnam Visa Ancestor worship has been said that the Vietnamese believe in the dead, while the Occidentals believe only in death. Ancestor worship was introduced into Vietnam by the Chinese during their ...
  • Ao Dai, the Vietnamese traditional dress
    By admin on May 23, 2010 | 4 Comments4 Comments  Comments
    Source:  collected by Vietnam Visa The beauty of women dressed in “Ao Dai”always leaves a deep impression on foreign visitors to Vietnam The beauty of women dressed in “Ao Dai”always leaves a deep impression on...
  • The Sound of Đàn Bầu
    By admin on May 23, 2010 | No Comments  Comments
    Believed to be as old as Vietnams’ early dynastic era, an extraordinary musical instrument exists through time holding with it centuries of beautiful music incorporated into lifelong histories of lives of the Vietname...