VIETNAMESE CULTURE

All Things You Should Know About Vietnamese Culture

Vietnamese culture may be still mysterious and unknown to most people outside the country. Today, more and more people are going to Vietnam for traveling and doing business. Getting to know Vietnam and Vietnamese culture is interesting and fascinating. We hope with this website, you can find the most comprehensive information about culture of Vietnam and its traditions.

Students and Teachers
Relationships

Students and Teachers

Teachers enjoy much respect and prestige in the Vietnamese society. In some countries, teachers have the same social status as their students and as other teachers, even those of richer knowledge and more titles.

Love
Relationships

Love

In some countries, love is often accompanied by sex. Until now, Vietnamese people‘s outlook on sex has not changed much yet, due to the strong influence of feudalism.

Who Pay For The Dinner?
Relationships

Who Pay For The Dinner?

Sharing meal costs with your partners is not part of Vietnamese culture.

Friendship in Vietnam
Relationships

Friendship in Vietnam

Like in other countries, friendship in Vietnam is constructed and developed on the basis of mutual understanding, sympathy and trust.

Family Relationship in Vietnam
Relationships

Family Relationship in Vietnam

Relationships in Vietnamese family are more complicated than those of Western countries.

Vietnamese's Social Life - A Brief Intro
Relationships

Vietnamese's Social Life - A Brief Intro

In North America, Europe and probably Australia, people consider friendliness as the heart of interpersonal relationships while in Vietnam, respect is put more emphasis on.

Vietnam Conical Hat (Non La)
Costumes

Vietnam Conical Hat (Non La)

Non la (palm-leaf conical hat) is a traditional symbol of Vietnamese people without age, sex or racial distinctions.

Ao Dai
Costumes

Ao Dai

There are many things traditional to Vietnam yet deeply impress people from all over the world. Ao dai is one of them.

Rice
Symbol

Rice

For Vietnamese, rice can mean much more than a type of staple. It is not overstated to assert that rice is the most influential factor in Vietnamese traditional culture and a driving force for history.

Bamboo Tree
Symbol

Bamboo Tree

Bamboo tree is a significant symbol in both Vietnamese culture and daily life. It exists almost everywhere in Vietnam, though mainly in rural areas.

National Flag
Symbol

National Flag

The National Flag of Vietnam is the official flag used by the Vietnamese government since the French Revolution (1945 -1954) to mobilize the people to resist the French colony.

National Emblem
Symbol

National Emblem

The National Emblem of Vietnam is the official symbol that has been used by the Vietnamese government since 1955.

Vietnamese Vocabulary for Time
Language

Vietnamese Vocabulary for Time

Learn the most basic Vietnamese for time telling.

A Brief Look At Vietnamese Language
Language

A Brief Look At Vietnamese Language

Vietnamese is one of a few languages in Asia that uses Latin alphabet instead of symbol.

Basic Vietnamese
Language

Basic Vietnamese

Vietnamese Tones, Pronunciation and Alphabet

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Vietnam Tet Holiday

Insider Guides

Food for Tet Holiday

Food for Tet Holiday

What Vietnamese usually eat for Tet holiday.

New Year’s Flowers

New Year’s Flowers

Traditional flowers for Tet holiday.

New Year’s Wishes

New Year’s Wishes

What people often wish each other