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Category: Traditions

20 Posts

Famous turtle comes back to steal the magical sword - see Myth of Hoan Kiem Lake.

Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre - wonderful performance and so worth going to for young and old.

1 VERY Vietnam, People, The Arts, Traditions

Water Puppets – Múa rối nước

September 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

The crowds have thinned out as people head home for dinner on a summers night - but the place to be for ice cream lovers. Mini traffic jam created in the name of tradition - Kem Tràng Tiền (Trang Tien Icecrea) - 35 Tràng Tiền Street, Hà Nội

Inside you park, buy, eat then leave.

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Food, Traditions

Kem Tràng Tiền – Trang Tien Icecream

September 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

A funeral marque in Hanoi shows flowers delivered by other mourners who have left them as they came in. As people attend the funeral they leave their flowers, pray to the altar, leaving an envelope with money for the family. Then it is time to sit and talk with the mourners.

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, 3 Expats + Business Travel, ceremonies, Cultural Understanding, flowers, People, Traditions

Funerals

September 24, 2016 — 0 Comments

Wedding Proposal - man's family lead the way to the prospective brides house.

Part of the Vietnamese wedding proposal, young unmarried teenagers family bring the gifts of gold, money and food to the family.

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, 3 Expats + Business Travel, Beliefs, ceremonies, Double Happiness, history, People, Traditions

Weddings

September 24, 2016 — 0 Comments

Tet - Sampler box makes a good gift, Hanoi, Vietnam.

If you are business in Vietnam ensure you personally distribute Tet gift baskets to your clients.

3 Expats + Business Travel, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Beliefs, Business, Cultural Understanding, Food, Traditions

Tet Gifts + Business + Dates

January 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

Learn to say Chuc Mung Nam Moi.

Happy New Year 2010 (Tet)

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, Beliefs, Cultural Understanding, Traditions, Vietnamese Language

Tet Words

January 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

Vietnamese lady is pleased with peach blossom.

Flowering Peach blossoms line this street for sale in Hanoi.

Beliefs, Cultural Understanding, Traditions

Tet Trees + Plants

January 25, 2016 — 0 Comments

Young Vietnamese children perform in 2008, to celebrate Tet, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Tet performance - Hoan Kiem Lake area, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Beliefs, Cultural Understanding, history, Traditions

Tet – Lunar New Year – Tết Nguyên Đán

January 20, 2016 — 0 Comments

2010 photo - Noodle shop uses charcoal rounds for cooking fuel, Hanoi, Vietnam.

2010 photo - Gas and charcoal rounds are being used together. Gas for quick cooking and charcoal for long slow burning items, in Noodle Shop, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Food, Traditions

Charcoal Rounds – 2010

January 17, 2016 — 0 Comments

1 VERY Vietnam, Cultural Understanding, Driving, Pop culture, Traditions

Newspaper reading

January 15, 2016 — 0 Comments

Propaganda posters have become the new art !! Hanoi, Vietnam

1 VERY Vietnam, 4 TIPs - Living + Travel, Cultural Understanding, Pop culture, Propaganda, Traditions

Propaganda – 2010

January 12, 2016 — 0 Comments

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, Beliefs, Cultural Understanding, history, Traditions

Votive Offering – paper offering

January 6, 2016 — 0 Comments

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, Beliefs, Cultural Understanding, history, Pop culture, Traditions

Religious beliefs and Practices in Vietnam – Professor Huu Ngoc

January 5, 2016 — 0 Comments

Offering at Cha Ca La Vong Restaurant, 14 Chả Cá, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam

1 VERY Vietnam, 2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, Beliefs, Cultural Understanding, Pop culture, Traditions

Ancestor Worship

January 4, 2016 — 0 Comments

Smiling Buddha on top welcoming happiness and below is the spirit house for the land spirits, in Hanoi City, Vietnam.

Chinese Legacies, Cultural Understanding, Double Happiness, Food, history, Legacy, Traditions, Vietnamese Language

Chinese Legacies

January 1, 2016 — 0 Comments

It's wedding time ! Where Double Happiness all began ! Elegant decorations for a function hall ready for the wedding party in Hanoi, Vietnam.

2 Socially Conscious Travel + Living, 3 Expats + Business Travel, Beliefs, Cultural Understanding, Double Happiness, Pop culture, Traditions

Double Happiness – use + history

January 1, 2016 — 0 Comments

This painting depicts a Vietnamese woman wearing a traditional Ao Dai - beautiful Vietnamese woman has inspired many an artist.

Cultural Understanding, National Dress, Traditional Clothing, Traditions

History of Ao Dai (Vietnamese Traditional Dress)

January 1, 2016 — 0 Comments

Animals + Birds, Cultural Understanding, Pets, Traditions

Caged Pet Birds

December 30, 2015 — 0 Comments

Cock fighting bird being preened by owner - quite a different story. These birds are like gold to their owners, as the good ones can earn them a lot of cash !! Seen at a festival Nguyễn Khắc Hiếu, Trúc Bạch, Ba Đình, Hà Nội, Vietnam.

Animals + Birds, Cultural Understanding, Pets, Traditions

Cock Fighting

December 30, 2015 — 0 Comments

1 VERY Vietnam, Animals + Birds, Cultural Understanding, dog meat, Food, Pop culture, Traditions, weird food

Dog Meat – (thịt chó) for Dinner

December 28, 2015 — 0 Comments