Regional culture

The southern Vietnamese table: open-handed flavour from sour soup, braised fish and a basket of garden greens

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - The southern Vietnamese table tends to impress through its openness: a pot of sour soup, braised fish, a plate of greens and a bowl of dipping sauce set in the middle for everyone to share. The swee ..

20/09/2026
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The Tay table in north-east Vietnam: five-coloured sticky rice, khau nhuc and stilt-house memory

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - The Tay table in north-east Vietnam is built from sticky rice, forest greens, meat, stream fish, local seasonings and the rhythm of the farming year. Five-coloured sticky rice and khau nhuc are the ..

16/09/2026
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All About Vietnamese Burial Customs (Part 3)

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - This is a common question from many families: - In a year with many death anniversaries: father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, etc., which anniversa ..

15/09/2026
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Tet market in Ha Giang rocky plateau

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - The year-end market session in Dong Van town (Dong Van district, Ha Giang) is as lively as a festival, filled with the colorful attire of the Dao, Hmong, Tay, Nung ethnic groups... Goods are also mo ..

05/08/2026
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Northwest Wildflowers

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Amidst the vast expanse of the Northwest forests, in the misty fog that seems to draw heaven and earth closer, somewhere along the roadside, amidst the wild grass, high atop treetops, or dangling fr ..

05/08/2026
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The landscapes and people of the Northwest through the lens of a Dutch photographer

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Traveling along various routes across the Northwest, Dutch photographer Mick Palarczik captured a stunning photo series showcasing the scenery and people of this region. Black Dao women in Tam Duong ..

01/08/2026
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All About Vietnamese Burial Customs (Part 2)

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - How is the burial ceremony conducted? Depending on the locality and religion, customs and rituals vary from place to place. In the past, some villages appointed young, strong men from the neighborho ..

29/07/2026
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The Beauty of Hanoi's Peach Blossoms During Tet

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Every time Tet comes and Spring arrives, on the streets of Hanoi, people easily come across bright pink peach blossom branches, with buyers and sellers bustling at street corners; that simple image ..

24/07/2026
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She kissed lore months (July lunar calendar) and 18 taboos in this day

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Folk legend that the 2/7 th, Pluto ordered Devils Gate began to open and to view the full moon in July, the "drop door " so that poured from the devil, came after 12 hours of night and day, 14/7 the ..

25/12/2014
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Beauty and humans Northwest through Dutch photographer

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Through various roads in the Northwest, the Dutch photographer Mick Palarczik made a great variety of landscape images, the people here. [ IMG alt = "scenic northwest and its people through the phot ..

25/12/2014
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Can Tho tasty fish soup

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Go to Can Tho visitors will not be able to forget the tasty hot pot sauce, flavor characteristics of the Can Tho River area. After time "rampage " now only fish warehouse "hang around " in the feast ..

25/12/2014
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Ma Ly Pho Discover - Lai Chau

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Ma Ly Pho is the land from him (from Him is dialect, refers to the distant, way back) of Lai Chau province first place, where the borders of the sacred Fatherland. Ma Ly Pho sun and wind are great r ..

25/12/2014
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10 rules to know when to enjoy Japanese cuisine

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Mix the wasabi with soy sauce seemed quite normal but the land of the viscera people never do this. Washoku, traditional food culture of Japan is one of the many intangible cultural heritage to the ..

25/12/2014
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All disabilities burial custom of Vietnam (p3)

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - This is a common question for many families: -In a year of anniversary celebration: Anniversary parents, grandparents, specifically, etc .. What the rider more important anniversary? - After the fun ..

25/12/2014
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