An exhibition on Mother Goddess Worship and performance of Hau Dong Trance Ritual was opened in Hanoi on June 7, contributing to promoting the nation's traditional culture.

After a year of hard work, the Tho ethnic minority people in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa gather together for their traditional “Cham do ho” ritual, praying for a new year of good weather, bumper crops, and prosperity.

At the beginning of each year, each hamlet in the village chooses one family to raise pigs for the festival.

The “Filling the Holes” ritual was held recently at the Community Cultural House of Rào Tre village in Hương Liên commune, Hương Khê district, Ha Tinh province. This is a nice cultural tradition of Chứt ethnic minority group.

The traditional Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival will take place at Do Son district’s Stadium in the northern city of Hai Phong from August 27 to September 11, according to Pham Hoang Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Do Son People's Committee.

Every three years, people in Thai Duong Ha, a village in Thua Thien Hue province, hold Cau Ngu Festival - an important ritual for fishermen to pray for good weather and abundant fishing harvest.

A ceremony was held in Thach Ban ward, Hanoi’s Long Bien district on April 7 to receive a certificate of UNESCO recognition of the sitting tug-of-war games.

Spiritual tourism destinations in the northern province of Tuyen Quang attracted numerous visitors coming to pray for health, and prosperity in the new year.

A traditional fire dance of the Red Dao ethnic minority group in the northern province of Dien Bien has been restored after 20 years thanks to efforts made by the provincial museum, local authorities, elders and researchers.

Nghinh Ong Festival, an event for fishermen to show their respect for the whale and gratitude for a bumper catch, will return to Can Gio district of Ho Chi Minh City in October with a bigger scale.

The first ever cultural festival of Dao ethnic people will take place in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang between September 29 and 30.

A ceremony marking the UNESCO recognition of "Practices Related to the Việt Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in Three Realms" as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

A US travel photographer shared his experiences when implementing a photo book project on Vietnamese religion of Đạo Mẫu and its ritual, Hầu at a talk in Hanoi on Nov. 5.

Over 50,000 local and overseas parishioners have flocked to the La Vang Pilgrimage Festival which is underway at La Vang Church, Hai Lang district, central Quang Tri province.

The central province of Thua Thien–Hue held the Le Te Xa Tac (Worshiping the Genies of Rice and Soil) ceremony on March 27, attracting a large crowd of tourists and locals.