(VOVworld ) - Vietnam continues to be singled out as one of the world’s climate change hotspots. With its long coastline and low-lying deltas, researchers warn millions of people in the country are at risk from more frequent and severe storms, drought and sea level rise. Vietnam’s economy also stands to be badly affected. The Government is set this year to approve a National Target Plan to respond to climate change.

(VOVworld) - A village festival in Vietnam is an opportunity for the locals to commemorate their ancestors and the village’s tutelary god and for visitors from all over the country to come and watch. A ritual, a procession, and folk games are the highlights of such a festival. The festival in Cao Trung hamlet, Đức Giang commune, in Hanoi’s outlying district of Hoài Đức features a popular folk game called ‘Bịt mắt bắt dê’ or “catching a goat while blindfolded”.

(VOVworld) - 40 years since the end of the Vietnam war, many American war veterans haven’t been able to find peace of mind. They have been struggling with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

(VOVworld) - There have been many movies and literary works depicting the lives of adults during war time, however, the number of works featuring the daily lives of the children during this time is limited. Many may ask themselves how Vietnamese children could survive during the hardest period of the war? Kim Dong Publishing House has brought out a pictorial book titled “Tre em thoi chien” or “Children in War Time”.

(VOVworld) - In October, 2009, Vietnamese ceremonial singing, or Ca trù, was officially recognized by UNESCO as a world intangible cultural heritage in need of preservation. Ca tru is one of the most uniquely Vietnamese genres of folk music in the Vietnamese treasury of traditional music. Its origin and history remain controversial today.

(VOVworld) - In the life of the Vietnamese people, betel chewing is not merely a habit, but one of the elements that make up Vietnamese culture and tradition ​​. Betel is used for daily receptions. As a spiritual food, betel nuts are used in traditional weddings, with simple but profound meanings.

(VOVworld) – For many centuries, Hanoians have been interested in cockfighting because of the cocks’ fighting skills, the game’s tactics, and its sporting spirit. The hobby has helped to create the cultural identity of the capital city’s citizens.

(VOVworld) - Đồng dao – children’s folk songs – are simple folk verses created long ago by unknown authors and passed orally from generation to generation. The lyrics are plain, often incoherent or illogical verses, which are rhymed to make them easy to sing and remember. Children sing the songs, which vividly and creatively describe familiar images and relations around them, while playing group games. VOV’s Sunday show looks at children’s folk songs and games in modern society.

(VOVworld) - 12 zodiac animals symbolize the changes of the heaven and earth and bring calmness to people’s minds whenever spring comes. The 12 zodiac pictures reflect good wishes, good luck, hope, and harmony between human beings and nature. That’s the reason why Vietnamese people for many years have hung pictures of zodiac animals at Lunar New Year. Today VOV talks to Truong Nhuan, Director of the Youth Theater, whose hobby is collecting pictures of the 12 zodiac animals by well-known painter Le Tri Dung.

(VOVworld) - Each region in Vietnam has its own typical folk songs. The land of Hồng Lam in Central Vietnam with its mountains and rivers, picturesque beauty, and brave, hardworking inhabitants has generated a folk culture rich in original national identity. On this week’s Sunday Show, we’ll introduce to you the beauty of Nghệ Tĩnh’s folk singing.