When eager travellers arrive in Vietnam, they usually have a familiar list of places that they are determined to visit - Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Sa Pa and maybe Ninh Binh.
This is the largest cultural festival of Mong ethnic minority people living mostly in mountainous areas of northern Vietnam.
According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam has more than 8,000 festivals and spring festivals, many of which take place soon after the Lunar New Year. They are not only local historical and cultural legacies, but also the cultural beauty of Vietnamese communities and an important driving force for socio-economic development.
(TITC) - Phu Tho Province (North) is home to Kinh, Dao, Tay, Muong, Mong, San Chay... ethnic groups. Each group owns specific characteristics, contributing to cultural diversity of Phu Tho, of which, "cham duong" is a unique festival of Muong ethnic people.
(TITC) - Located close to Bac Ha Town, Ta Chai Commune (Bac Ha District, Lao Cai Province) has 9 villages, home to Tay ethnic people. Coming to Ta Chai, tourists love to take a walk along bendy roads around villages, admire small house on stilts, participate local daily life activities and especially enjoy special xoe dancing of Tay ethnic people.
Medicinal bathing is a local feature of the indigenous Red Dao in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.
In the eyes of Natalia Kraevskaia, a Russian woman who married a Vietnamese man, Hanoi is a beautiful, peaceful city that is worth her passionate devotion to the art gallery over the years.
(TITC) - With the advantage of locating on "Northwest Arc" tourist route and existing unique culture identity of Lu ethnic group, Ban Hon Commune (Tam Duong District, Lai Chau Province) has become a community-based tourism destination attracting a large number of international and domestic tourists.
Like most people, the Lo Lo ethnic minority regards marriage as an extremely important event in an individual's life.
It is not easy for a particular vehicle to exist, to be honoured and loved for generations. However, a rudimentary and simple cyclo in Vietnam has done it!