The last carving artisan of an ethnic tribe1

Bon Niêng Ha Sào is known as an artisan who can carve almost any traditional patterns onto the nêu pole – an important ceremonial item of the Cil ethnic minority group.

President launches spring festival in ethnic cultural village

President Trần Đại Quang beat a gong to launch the annual spring festival at the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hà Nội’s outlying district of Sơn Tây on February 24 (the ninth day of the Lunar New Year).

Spring Festival in Việt Nam’s largest pagoda

The opening ceremony of 2017 Bái Đính pagoda Festival was held on Thursday, the sixth day of the first lunar month, in northern province of Ninh Bình. The annual festival will remain open until the third lunar month of this year.

Nêu pole erected in Huế to welcome Tết

Huế Monuments Conservation Centre yesterday erected a nêu pole in the former Imperial Citadel following a re-enactment of a ceremony conducted by high-ranking mandarins under the Nguyễn dynasty (1802-1945).

Hue citadel revives Tet tradition The Cay Neu (pole-erecting) ceremony has been held at the Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Hue re-enacts imperial neu pole raising Hue Monuments Conservation Centre re-enacted the Tet pole erecting ceremony that was once held in the former Royal Palace during the Nguyen Dynasty reign (1802-1945).