Custom: Vietnamese wife come back home for first-born baby
Normally in Vietnam especially in the countryside regions, three generations live under the same roof. Based on Confucianism telnet, when a girl gets marriage she has to follow her husband…
Customs and Habits
Why Vietnamese not call real name of a newborn baby
There are a lot of reasons why Vietnamese don’t given a name their newborn babies when they were born. Many reasons are belief, the old government policy in the old…
The Story of Betel Leaf and Areca Nut
In Vietnamese proverbs and folk verses, the story of the betel leaf and the areca nut conveys many meanings: “Once love, an areca nut is divided into three pieces; once…
Lo Lo people’s ancestral worship – The national intangible cultural heritage
The Lo Lo ethnic minority group’s ancestral worship was recently recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage. It is also the special cultural identity of ethnic people inhabiting Dong Van…
Tray of five fruits for Vietnamese Tet
A tray of five fruits “Mam Ngu Qua” on the ancestral altar during Vietnamese Tet symbolizes the admiration and gratitude of the Vietnamese to Heaven and Earth and their ancestors, and…
Vietnamese ong Cong – ong Tao festival day (Land Genie and Kitchen God)
The Vietnamese have a custom of seeing off Ong Cong (the Land Genie) and Ong Tao (the Kitchen God) on the 23rd day of lunar December. Both go to Heaven…
Tet Nguyen Dan Vietnam (Vietnam Lunar New Year)
Tet has become so familiar, so sacred to the Vietnamese that when Spring arrives, the Vietnamese, wherever they may be, are all thrilled and excited with the advent of Tet,…
The Funeral Ceremony in Vietnam
Formerly funeral ceremonies went as following: the body was washed and dressed; then a le ngam ham, or chopstick, was laid between the teeth and a pinch of rice and…
Discover Vietnamese Tet celebrations in Hoi An
The combination between traditional culture and modern lifestyle have created a distinction of Hoi An on Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays. Let’s experience the distinction of the old town through…
The custom of Betel Chewing and Thuoc Lao smoking
A quid of betel, also called trau, is composed of four elements: an areca leaf (sweet taste), betel bark (hot taste), a chay root (bitter taste), and hydrated lime (pungent…