Having helped two people from the highlands who were scammed and overcharged 4,2 million VND per taxi ride, and then exposing the incident so the police could investigate, Mr. Truong has been dubbed a "knight" by netizens.
The art of drawing patterns on fabric with beeswax by the Hmong people in Yen Bai has been included in the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Even now, the elders in Hoang Thu Pho commune still tell their children and grandchildren about the tree that has been intertwined with the changes in the village, although no one remembers its exact origin.
With the desire to help Hmong people who don't speak Vietnamese prepare for their motorbike driving license exam, Thuy Duong and her colleagues created a website to support them.
From its inception, Duong Van Minh directed members of the organization to establish a separate state for the Hmong people, seceding from and separating from the Vietnamese national community.
Cat Cat village nestles at the foot of the majestic Hoang Lien Son mountain range, interspersed with simple, rustic houses, home primarily to the Mong ethnic minority.
"Butt-slapping" is a long-standing cultural custom of the Hmong people in Meo Vac district, Ha Giang province, and this custom is recreated at the Vietnam Ethnic Culture Village.
Taking place from the 30th day of the 11th lunar month each year and lasting for several days, the New Year celebration customs of the Hmong people in the highlands have become an indispensable part of their culture.
They didn't address each other as "po chùa," meaning in-laws, as is customary, but instead referred to each other as brothers because, in reality, they were biological brothers.
Despite being a second-year student at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Khang A Tua, a young man of the Hmong ethnic group, dropped out of school, determined to dedicate his time to fulfilling his dream of preserving Hmong culture.
Many fellow backpackers who went to Ngai Thau Thuong, Ngai Thau commune (Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province) to admire the clouds told me that it is one of the highest villages in Vietnam.
Using traditional crafts, they transform bamboo and reeds into sheets of white paper, creating a bridge for the living to convey messages to the spiritual world.
These young women, not yet of marriageable age, have already entered the workforce as wives, mothers, and even grandmothers by the age of 26 in remote, mountainous areas.
Over the years, everyone has been able to recite the king's glorious achievements in detail, and even pinpoint his final resting place, but his true identity remains a mystery to this day.
As the first person in the village to earn a master's degree, Giang Seo Chau, born in 1986, Chairman of the People's Committee of Man Than commune (Si Ma Cai district, Lao Cai province), was the first to bring the Panax notoginseng plant to harvest.
This year, on the occasion of National Day on September 2nd, the Mong ethnic people in Thanh Hoa, as in previous years, once again flocked from their high mountain villages to the city to celebrate Independence Day.
Eighteen women disappeared over five years, leaving behind bewildered children who cry their eyes out every day, abandoned on the roadside, waiting for their mothers to return.
Visiting Ta Si Lang and hearing about the Hmong people's custom of hanging the dead and offering sacrifices to the spirits of the dead still sends shivers down the spines of many.
(VTC News) - Around the 1950s, the Mong ethnic people in Moc Chau created a new festival - the Independence Day festival, celebrating National Day on September 2nd.
(VTC News) - After much effort from both Vietnam and Pakistan, on the morning of May 11th, Mr. Vu Gia Po, from Meo Vac district, Ha Giang province, arrived at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi.