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(VEN) - The brocade embroidery technique, traditional costumes and dance showing off the scarves of H’Mong women in Sin Suoi Ho Village in the Phong Tho District of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau creates a strong impression on visitors to the region.

(VEN) - Dubbed an “underground palace”, Thien Duong (Paradise) Cave in the central province of Quang Binh is said to be the longest cave in Asia.

(VEN) - Van Ho District in the northern mountainous province of Son La is known for its cool climate, beautiful landscape and unique traditional cultures, drawing an increasing number of visitors and offering community-based tours.

(VEN) - The Lo Lo ethnic people live in Cao Bang Province, Ha Giang Province’s Meo Vac and Dong Van districts and Lao Cai Province’s Muong Khuong District in northern Vietnam.

(VEN) - The three-day Chol Chnam Thmay festival taking place in the middle of April is the New Year celebration and biggest festival of the Khmer people in Vietnam’s southern region.

(VEN) - Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday is the most important Vietnamese holiday, a time for family reunions, gift exchanges, and wishes of prosperity and health. Planting a New Year tree known as “Cay Neu”, is also a Vietnamese custom of the springtime Tet Festival.

(VEN) - The lion-cat dance is a folk activity, which the Tay and Nung people in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son regard as symbolizing the conquest of natural challenges.

(VEN) - Stick pushing (day gay in Vietnamese) is a folk game and traditional sports activity held on holidays, including Tet (the Lunar New Year Holidays), by ethnic minorities in the country’s northwestern mountainous region.

(VEN) - The tu va (horn) is a very typical instrument used by the people of the Central Highlands. Despite its simplicity, tu va emits a penetrating, echoing sound.