(VOVWORLD) - On the full-moon of the third lunar month, San Chi ethnic minority people in Quang Ninh province’s Binh Lieu district and surrounding areas come to the Soóng CọSinging Festival. Revelers will enjoy festive activities and beautiful songs of the San Chi.

(VOVWORLD) - The Then Kin Pang Festival is a White Thai ceremony to pay gratitude to Heaven. The Festival, which consists of an array of activities, has been preserved in the community for ages.

(VOVWORLD) - Talking about the culture of the Mong ethnic monitory, it’s impossible toignore their traditional costumes. The costume of the White Mong women is considered the most sophisticated.

(VOVWORLD) - A Dao wedding in Sin Ho district, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, involves several rituals, the most important of which is kowtowing to ancestors, parents, and guests.

(VOVWORLD) - The Khang ethnic minority people in Quynh Nhai district, Son La province, hold a Kin pang ceremony at the beginning of the new lunar year to show gratitude of adopted children for their adoptive parents, who are shamans.

(VOVWORLD) - The Kho Mu is one of the oldest groups living together with 20 other ethnic minorities in the northern mountainous province ofLai Chau. With a small population and scattered living, the Kho Mu’s cultural life is unique, which needs to be preserved and promoted. VOV explores folk dance and singing of the Kho Mu in Tham Phe hamlet, Than Uyên district.

(VOVWORLD) - On the first full moon day of the new lunar year, the Red Dao ethnic minority people in Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province organize a forest worship ceremony at the Forest Deity temple in Dong Cam hamlet. The temple is built next to a huge tree on a hill offering vast views.

(VOVWORLD) - The Thai ethnic minority group in the northwestern province of Son La worship their houses at the beginning of the year to thank their ancestors for blessings and pray for health, happiness, safety, and prosperity.

(VOVWORLD) - At the beginning of the New Lunar Year, Mong ethnic minority people often organize a sacrifice ceremony to deities. The ritual is particularly held when a family encounters bad luck in business or animal husbandry.

(VOVWORLD) - The Tay and Nung ethnic groups have a custom of gluing pieces of red paper to things to say farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. They stick red paper on furniture, plants, and barns to chase away evil spirits and pray for peace, reproduction, and fertility.