A very popular belief among Vietnamese is the custom of the ancestor cult. In every household, an ancestor altar is installed in the…

According to legends, chewing quid of betel and areca has been a custom since the Hung Vuong period and is connected to the…

“The sense of the dead is that of the final” says a Vietnamese proverb, meaning that funeral ceremonies must be solemnly organized. Formerly…

Getting married is an important event in a Vietnamese’s life. The procedure of the ancient Wedding Ceremony was very complicated. Current wedding ceremony…

One of the meaningful acitivity in Vietnamese Tet festivals is rice cooking competition. A rice cooking competition is held to encourage women to…