Vietnamese Myths

Understanding the origins of a country is important and interesting. These origins come in the form of stories, legends or folk tales passed down from generation to generation. Get to know Vietnamese mythology and legends and they will open up a whole new world to you!

Children of the Dragon and the Fairy
The Vietnamese Dragon: Legend, History & Geography

Dragon has long been the legendary animal of oriented countries. Since the end of the [...]

04
May
Again on the Dragon
Again on the Dragon

In Vietnam, when one is visited by some distinguished guest or a rarely seen friend, [...]

04
May
Thanh Giong Statue
Apropos of An Age-Old Myth

The perennial character of a myth is measured by the survival of old folklore practices [...]

04
May
Trung Trac Trung Nhi
Reflection on an Old Poem

Along the centuries Vietnamese patriotic traditions have crystallized in great figures, the most moving and [...]

04
May
Bui Thi Xuan
Mythical Women of Vietnam

The France Association, in collaboration with USA Foundation, has launched a world-wide operation to choose [...]

04
May
Ly Cong Uan
The Royal Edict on the Transfer of the Capital to Thang Long

In the 10th year of the 21st century, Hanoi will celebrate its millennium. It was [...]

04
May
Hanoi Ancient Citadel
Citadel Preserves Splendor of Ancient Hanoi

Hanoi is composed of four parts: the old commercial quarter known as “Thirty six streets [...]

04
May
A Visit to the Palace of the Trinh Seigneurs
At The Palace of The Trinh Seigneurs

Lan Ong (The Lazy Old Man) is the pseudonym taken by Le Huu Trac (1720-1791) [...]

04
May
Tabula Geographica Imperii Anamitici
On Some Ambiguities

The terminology of human sciences includes quite a few often misleading ambiguities. This stems from [...]

04
May
The flood of of The Red River
The Floods of The Red River

The juvenile public – aged between 3 and 14 – applauded wildly when on the [...]

04
May
In Birthday Suit
In Birthday Suit

In “The Birth of Vietnam” the author, American historian Keith W. Taylor, insists on the [...]

04
May
the Mid-Autumn Festival
The Festival of the Moon

I was born in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, in Hemp Street where lived retired [...]

04
May
Complete History of the Great Viet
Complete History of the Great Viet: Priceless Legacy

They have been there, on my desk, for several days now in November 1994 – [...]

04
May
Northern and southern vietnamese
What Are Mental Differences Between Northern and Southern Vietnamese?

After first visiting the south of Vietnam, and before traveling to the north of the [...]

04
May
Nom Preservation
A Remarkable Vietnamologist

The Vietnam Association of Historical Sciences has just commemorated the 20th anniversary of the death [...]

04
May
The vietnamese people in war
The Vietnamese – A Warlike People?

One of the favorite themes of anti-Vietnamese press campaigns in the seventies and eighties was: [...]

04
May
Vietnam - from Biology and Parapsychology to History
From Biology and Parapsychology to History

It is known that taken separately, the words Viet and Nam could designate either our [...]

29
Apr
The native Hawaiians
Hawaiians and Vietnamese – Could They Be Blood Brothers?

“Loin des tracas, sous ton beau firmament Je viens de vivre un si tendre roman [...]

29
Apr
The Birla village of orphans on the outskirts of Hanoi
The Indian Village in Vietnam

The Mid-Autumn Festival gave us the opportunity to visit the Birla village of orphans on [...]

29
Apr
Hoi An Ancient Town
A 17th Century Vietnamese Center of International Trade

This port city located 30 kilometers from Da Nang and nearly 800 kilometers south of [...]

29
Apr
Pho Hien Hung Yen
Next Comes Pho Hien

Foreign tourists coming through Hue and Da Nang are likely to hurry directly to Hoi [...]

29
Apr
the temptation of the West
The Temptation of The West

Such a movement started once before; timidly it is true, in the 30’s of the [...]

29
Apr
passion-for-vietnam
Passion For Vietnam

My young friend Laurent Colin was so kind as to send me as it came [...]

29
Apr
Vietnam Historical Figure Bui Vien
Bui Vien and Cleopatra’s Nose

Whenever I think of Bui Vien, the first Vietnamese to travel to the United States, [...]

29
Apr
li-thuong-kiet
Ly Thuong Kiet – Vietnamese National Hero

I have had no time to check, but I am quite sure that in every [...]

29
Apr
Tran Hung Dao Statue
Tran Hung Dao & 3 Great Victories Against Mongol Invaders

From wars, heroes were born and showed their outstanding characteristics and talents. General Tran Hung [...]

29
Apr
About-the-old-land-registers-of-hanoi
About the Old Land Registers of Hanoi

The other day I talked to my friend, the historian Phan Huy Le, about a [...]

29
Apr
vietnam fiction and history
Fiction and History

Strolling along the tree-lined Phan Dinh Phung Avenue, a tourist passing by the northern wall [...]

29
Apr
Vietnam: Opening to the West

The authentic Vietnamese culture Vietnamese culture – autochthonous Viet culture was born during the Bronze [...]

29
Apr