Walking On Stilts (Di Ca Kheo) is the traditional folk game of Vietnamese people. The inhabitants [...]
War Memorial (Lệ Đàn). A chapel built by royal order on a battlefield, dedicated to [...]
Water Chestnut (Củ Ấu) is an aquatic plant with white flowers. The cooked fruit has [...]
There are in Vietnam several picturesque waterfalls such as Ban Gioc Waterfall (Cao Bang Province) [...]
Watermelon is the annual trailing plant producing a large fruit with a hard rind that may [...]
Vietnam has a hot and humid climate, influenced by seasonal monsoons. The climate in the [...]
Weaving Competition Festival is the traditional festival in Thi Cam Village (Hanoi). A bamboo tent [...]
Traditionally, weddings take place at the home of the bride’s family. The groom’s family comes [...]
Custom holds that one may not get married during the three years’ mourning period for [...]
Weighing Good and Evil Actions (Cân Phúc, Cân Tội). Buddhists believe that at burial, the [...]
Along with the bamboo hedge, a common symbol of the Vietnamese village. Wells are generally [...]
Well of Fairies is the water gushes from the karst rocks at this well in [...]
West Lake is the large lake (500 hectares in area) in the northwest of Hanoi, [...]
The country of Buddha is said to lie to the west of Mt Bà. It [...]
Western Region (Xu Doai) is the area to the west of Hanoi, which includes the [...]
Wild Boar is larger than the domestic pig, boars have stiff grey or reddish-brown fur. [...]
Wild Buffalo is the ancestor of the domestic buffalo, with a larger body, thick, long [...]
Wild Goose is the Migratory birds that live in northern Asia and travel as far [...]
Wood Ear (Mộc Nhĩ). A 3-4 centimeter diameter fungus in the form of an ear, [...]
Woodturning began in the 16th-17th centuries, founded by a member of the Đoàn family who [...]
Earthworms (giun đất) serve as bait for fishing and are used as a medicinal ingredient [...]
Wrestling is the competition which was often held at village festivals in the spring, in [...]
The temple of the family clan (từ đường) contains the cult tablet (thần chủ) of [...]
Xơ Đăng (or Sedang) Ethnic Group (Dân Tộc Xơ Đăng). An ethnic minority of Vietnam [...]
Xốm Communal House (đình Xốm). In Hùng Lô Commune, Phú Ninh District, Phú Thọ. Built [...]
Xuan Huong Lake is an artificial lake in Dalat, a play on the name of [...]
Xuc Xac Xuc Xe is a practice in ancient Hanoi meaning to ask for New [...]
Ỷ Lan (d. 1117). One of the most powerful women in Vietnamese history, Ỷ Lan [...]
What is Yam – Cu Mai Yam is a long, brownish-grey tuber with white pulp [...]
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