- 28/06/2024
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Hanoi and Beyond: The Cuisine of Northern Vietnam
The cuisine of Northern Vietnam in Hanoi and its surroundings: Delicious dishes and authentic traditions!
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- 26/06/2024
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Vietnamese Currency, Tipping & Bargaining: A Complete Guide
Planning a trip to Vietnam? Understanding how to manage your money is crucial. Here’s a comprehensive guide to the Vietnamese dong, safe currency exchange, tipping practices, and effective bargaining.
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- 26/07/2018
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Kylin dance skills passed down generations
The Múa lân (kylin dance) dance is usually performed to bring luck and happiness during Tết (Lunar New Year), Mid-Autumn Festival, and at ceremonies to open a new business or build a new house
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- 25/07/2018
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Central Highlands to host Gong Cultural Festival in November
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai’s People’s Committee to coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and relevant agencies to organise the 2018 Central Highlands Gong Cultural Festival.
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- 23/07/2018
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Nextech signs deal with 12trip.vn to capture online travel market share
HÀ NỘI — The NextTech Group yesterday signed a comprehensive co-operation agreement with 12Trip.vn - an online travel portal with a large database in Việt Nam
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- 27/02/2018
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Vietnam joins Asia’s largest street festival in Singapore
An art delegation of Vietnam joined the 2018 Chingay Parade celebrating the Lunar New Year in Singapore, which drew the participation of more than 6,000 performers.
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- 01/02/2018
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4 Vietnamese Customs For The Tet Holiday
With a country full of traditions and culture like in Vietnam, there are thousands of customs and taboos to welcome this national holiday. Here are 4 Vietnamese customs during Tet.
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- 31/01/2018
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The five-fruit tray at traditional Tet
Like most other nations in Asia, the Vietnamese welcome the New Year according to the lunar calendar, and Tet Nguyen Dan (the lunar New Year Day) has long become the biggest festival of the nation.
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- 31/01/2018
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Tours offer insights into Quang Nam’s beauty & culture
The central province of Quang Nam, which is hosting the APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings, has designed typical tours for tourists.
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- 02/08/2017
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The genesis of Ao Dai
According to legend, Two Ladies Trưng wore áo dài of two gold-framed, with golden parasol, on the elephant back in battles. Afterwards, to honor the Vietnamese women avoid wearing dresses with four sides instead of two.
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- 02/08/2017
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The village community
Lang (village) is called XA (XA sometimes may include several Lang). XOM (Hamlet) is called THON (sometimes THON may include several XOM).
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- 02/08/2017
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Birth and choosing a name in VietNam
At birth, the baby is considered to be one year old since according to Buddhist thought, life is linked with the reincarnation of the spirit, and begins at conception in the minds of parents, and will continue during the nine month of pregnancy.
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- 02/08/2017
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The funeral of the death
According Lê Huu Khoa (1996), death could be summed up four words: the rung ve coi (leaf falls on the root), symbolizing the fact that death is perceived as "Completion of a loop, the culmination of his return to the homeland, the land of the ancestors (...). The death in this world who believe in ancestor worship is therefore not a death in solitude or isolation (...)
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- 02/08/2017
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The wedding in VietNam
Concepts on marriage differ according to historical periods or different regions of the country. Rites also are not the same for the 54 ethnic groups saw their cultures and lifestyles. We try to present here only marriage Viet largest ethnic group in the country (85%), which was heavily influenced by Chinese culture. One can find information on marriage among ethnic minorities in the book of Pham Minh Thao.
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- 02/08/2017
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The family of Vietnam
Persons related by blood, united intimately a base unit which is FAMILY and constituting THE LINE (kinship ) . The clan is a unit which take an important community role eminently Vietnamese.
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