The Thai is the third-largest in the country, with around 1.5 million people, ranking only after the Kinh and Tày groups.

According to the Thai ethnic people’s custom, a bridegroom lives with his wife’s family for three to five years before taking her to his house.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, three hundreds of ban (orchid) flower tree from the northwest mountainous region are on display at Ha Noi Museum.

 A ceremony was held in Muong Lay township, the northwestern province of Dien Bien on December 31 to publicise the recognition of the Xoe dance and Kin pang Then ritual as national intangible cultural heritages.

Xoe dances are a unique historical custom of Viet Nam’s Thai people, especially in the Northwest region. The elegant dances express a range of emotions and one man has devoted his life to preserving these cultural treasures.