Festivals are one of the special features in Vietnamese culture. The diversity of ethnic religions makes Vietnam one of the countries with many festivals. Festivals are held to commemorate cultural events. Community spirit is the essence of every festival. There are two parts to festivals: ceremony and festival. The ceremony is to express respect for divinity and people's dreams of health, wealth, luck and happiness for themselves and their loved ones. Festivals are unique features of culture, community, religion, etc. The two biggest traditional festivals are Lunar New Year and Hung King's Death Anniversary. During Lunar New Year, each region has other festivals to celebrate such as Lim Festival in Bac Ninh province, Giong Festival in Soc Son, Perfume Pagoda Festival in Hanoi. Hung King's death anniversary is held every year from the 8th to the 11th of the third lunar month. It is organized so that everyone remembers their roots. With many landscapes recognized by UNESCO as world natural heritage and a wealth of unique regional cultural spaces, Vietnam is a legendary land and also a storehouse of attractive material for filmmakers to exploit. long lasting waterfall.
The specialties of each region of Vietnam carry within themselves the local lifestyle and the quintessence of nature there. The North cherishes delicate recipes, like a delicious bowl of bun thang that must be prepared for many hours. In the Central region, royal culinary traditions and typical spices blend in unique dishes such as lotus rice or spring rolls. Southern braised fish and sour soup come from abundant seafood resources, the pride of the Mekong Delta.
Vietnam has an area of 331,212 km², a land border of 4,639 km, a coastline of 3,260 km, and shares a maritime border with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand and with China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia through the East Sea. Vietnam claims sovereignty over two disputed geographical entities in the East Sea, the Hoang Sa archipelagos (which has lost control in reality) and Truong Sa
The cultural identity of ethnic groups is clearly expressed in community life and in economic activities from customs, costumes to culinary styles. Below are the unique features of Vietnamese culture that you can learn about.