Culture
Festivals, peoples, crafts and performing arts.
Art (3)
Art
Cai luong and traditional theatreCải lương
An overview of Vietnam's three main traditional theatre forms — cải lương, tuồng and chèo —…
Art
Don ca tai tuĐờn ca tài tử
Southern Vietnamese chamber music from the Mekong Delta, inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible…
Art
Water puppetryMúa rối nước
A thousand-year-old Vietnamese art form in which puppeteers work hidden beneath the water's…
Craft (1)
Ethnic Group (4)
Ethnic Group
The ChamNgười Chăm
An ethnic group descended from the Champa kingdom, with Hindu and Muslim communities…
Ethnic Group
The Khmer of the Mekong DeltaNgười Khmer
The Theravada Buddhist Khmer community of the Mekong Delta, with ancient pagodas, distinct…
Ethnic Group
The Kinh (Viet) majorityNgười Kinh
The Kinh (Viet) are Vietnam's majority ethnic group, comprising around 85% of the…
Ethnic Group
The TayNgười Tày
Vietnam's largest ethnic minority, the Tay live in the northeastern valleys and are known…
Festival (6)
Festival
Hue FestivalFestival Huế
Hue's biennial arts festival blending imperial court ceremonies, royal music, and…
Festival
Hung Kings FestivalGiỗ Tổ Hùng Vương
Annual commemoration of Vietnam's legendary Hung Kings, held on the 10th day of the third…
Festival
Kate FestivalLễ hội Katê
The Cham Balamon community's principal annual festival, held at ancient towers in…
Festival
Mid-Autumn FestivalTết Trung Thu
Vietnam's Mid-Autumn Festival, held on the eighth lunar full moon, centres on children…
Festival
Perfume Pagoda FestivalLễ hội Chùa Hương
Vietnam's longest festival: a spring pilgrimage by boat to limestone cave temples…
Festival
Tet: Vietnamese New YearTết Nguyên Đán
Vietnam's lunar new year: the country's most important festival, when transport fills…
Religion (1)
Picture credits (16)
Hội An lantern festival (45536262991), Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · Phòng trưng bày nghệ thuật cải lương, Bùi Thụy Đào Nguyên, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons · Khu lưu niệm Đờn ca tài tử Nam Bộ, Bùi Thụy Đào Nguyên, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons · Puppettheatre, user:She, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons · Áo dài - 34652751163, Akasumoto, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · Koran, Cham - Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC03373, Daderot, CC0, Wikimedia Commons · Maisons sur pilotis au bord du Bassac (Chau Doc, Vietnam) (6620626729), Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · Incense in Vietnam, Trantuanviet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Brocade screen, Tay - Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC02822, Daderot, CC0, Wikimedia Commons · Festival Huế 2008-4, Lưu Ly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons · Trung tâm lễ hội đền Hùng 18-09-2015 1, Hoài Hương, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Po Klong Garai, Champa Hindu temples complex 03, Ms Sarah Welch, CC0, Wikimedia Commons · Edmonton Mid-Autumn Festival, Alberta, Canada; September 2017 (02), IQRemix, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · Return river journey from the Perfume Pagoda (4) (38463929316), Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · St. Ben TET celebration - 2024- little princesses play while their mothers prepare the meal for the celebration, abbeyprivate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons · Cao Dai Temple at Tan Chau, David Stanley, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons