(VOVWORLD) - On the 8th day of the first lunar month each year, Thi Cam village in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem district holds a rice cooking contest. This custom, a unique way to pray for a prosperous, happy, and peaceful new year, has been followed in Thi Cam viilage for centuries.
(VOVWORLD) - Spring festivals are often organized in Vietnamese rural areas to pray for fresh spring days at the beginning of the Lunar New Year. Tree planting is one of them aimed to protect the ecological environment. The annual ploughing festival is another example to wish for a year of bumper harvests. The festivals have become beautiful cultural traits of the Vietnamese nation and are well received by the public.
(VOVWORLD) - These days, villages in Nhon An commune, Binh Dinh province, the home of apricot blossoms in the central region, are busy. With favorable weather, farmers are looking forward to a bountiful season and expect to earn about 3.7 million USD.
(VOVWORLD) - Located about 20km from Nam Dinh city, Tong Xa bronze casting village in Yen Xa commune, Nam Dinh province, is a center of the traditional bronze casting craft. For nearly 900 years, bronze casting has been preserved and developed by the village.
(VOVWORLD) - After nearly a decade of implementing the National Target Program on building new-style rural areas, the lives of rural people nationwide are measurably better. This is encouraging them to continue to support government efforts to make their villages more prosperous, civilized, and livable.
(VOVWORLD) - Xe Dang used to be one of the poorest hamlets in Ea Kueh commune, Cu M’gar district, Dak Lak province. Now the life here has changed greatly thanks to the hamlet being connected to the national power grid.
(VOVWORLD) - Ha Thai lacquer village in Duyen Thai commune in Hanoi’s outlying Thuong Tin district has more than 200 years of experience in making lacquer products. Until the early 20thcentury the village was called Cu Trang or Dong Thai.
(VOVWORLD) - Dong Nai Thuong is the most remote commune in Cat Tien district, Lam Dong province. In the past, the narrow, slippery paths made getting around extremely difficult. The government used to send food aid between crops. Thanks to Vietnam’s new-style rural development program, life in Dong Nai Thuong has improved.
(VOVWORLD) - Khanh Binh Tay Bac Commune in Ca Mau province is called "Xom Hue" due to its learning tradition. Many local families are migrants from Hue city and other parts of the central region which is famous in Vietnam for its fondness-for-learning spirit. They are hard-working, follow tradition, and heavily invest in their children's education.
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s traditional craft villages turn out unique products which promotes the image of Vietnam and its people to the world.
