The My Son Sanctuary management board has received five collections of ancient Cham script books – related to old rituals or worship ceremonies of the Cham people in central Vietnam – from a local collector, contributing to precious data for the UNESCO-recognised world heritage site.
The atmosphere of a traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) will be nudged closer to both Vietnamese and foreigners at the Tet Festival, which is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from January 3-5, 2020.
The Thai ethnic community in Vietnam has many mysterious and intriguing rituals. Some of their rituals were enacted at a culture festival in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.
A Kathina (robe offering) ceremony was jointly hosted by the Thai Embassy in Vietnam, the Thai Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) at Hoang An pagoda in Hanoi on October 21.
Millions of Lao Buddhist followers flocked to pagodas near their houses on October 13 for Bun Ork Phansa that marks the end of Buddhist Lent or three-month retreat during the rainy season.
The 2019 Ban Gioc waterfall festival took place in the northern border district of Trung Khanh, Cao Bang province, attracting thousands of visitors to the locality to enjoy the spectacular scenery.
A myriad of activities will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay Town's Dong Mo, on the outskirts of Hanoi, throughout this October, attracting the participation of 13 ethnic groups who live in the village.
The ethnic Cham Brahman people in the central province of Binh Thuan on September 28 flocked to the Po Sah Inu tower in Phan Thiet city to open their biggest yearly occasion – the Kate Festival.
A thrill of excitement has overwhelmed the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh these days as the Khmer people are celebrating their traditional Sene Dolta festival, which falls on September 27-29 this year.
The special national relic site Con Son – Kiep Bac in Chi Linh city, the northern province of Hai Duong, welcomed about 120,000 visitors from September 13 to 18 during its autumn festival, up about 40 percent year on year.
The Khmer community in the southern provinces of Soc Trang is celebrating their Sene Dolta festival, a major event of the ethnic group to remember ancestors.
A wide range of activities will take place at the Culture-Tourism Village for Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hanoi’s outskirts from August 30 to September 30 to celebrate the 74th anniversary of National Day (September 2), according to the village’s management board.
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