(VOVWORLD) - Khoi Kem, a festival held every three years during the first lunar month in the northen Yen Bai province, represents a unique cultural practice of the Red Dao ethnic group as they pray for a bumper crop.

(VOVWORLD)- Vietnam's northern mountainous region is experiencing the coldest spell since the beginning of winter. According to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, this is one of the six cold spells with the lowest temperatures in the past 40 years. At Mau Son mountain peak in Lang Son province, about 1,500 meters high above the sea level, the temperature drops to minus defrees Celsius with first frost seen from 3 am on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Relic sites and tourist attractions throughout the capital have attracted many visitors after reopening following a long period of temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - A whale worshiping ritual has been preserved by local residents of Canh Duong fishing village in the central province of Quang Binh for the past 400 years.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Quyen – Tiger Arena is located in Thuy Bieu ward, Hue city, Thua Thien Hue province. The Hue Tiger Arena was built in the early 19th century under the Nguyen dynasty to organize fights between tigers and elephants.

(VOVWORLD) - Renowned as a cultural relic and evidence of ancient Vietnamese’ creativeness and craftsmanship, Co Loa Ancient Citadel remains an ideal destination for visitors.

(VOVWORLD) - Located along lower branches of the Mekong River in Vietnam, Hau Giang is one of the last provinces in the Mekong Delta to welcome the annual flooding season. It is seen as a gift from heaven, bringing tons of fish into the paddy fields along with alluvial deposits to fertilize the next crop. The floods usually come late July or early August and remain until November or even later.

(VOVWORLD) - Located 70 kilometers west of Hanoi, Hoa Binh lake in Hoa Binh province is one of the largest man-made reservoirs in Vietnam with a storage capacity of nearly 9.5 billion cubic meters.

(VOVWORLD) - Going to a pagoda to pray for good health and good luck at the Lunar New Year has long been a Vietnamese tradition.

(VOVWORLD) - British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward and representatives from USAID Vietnam and CITES have called on people to say no to tiger bone glue and tiger products in the Year of the Tiger 2022.