The Vietnamese traditional New Year (Tet) festival actually begins on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on January 17 this year, with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ritual.

The Co Tu ethnic community has been struggling to preserve its culture and traditional customs that have mostly faded away with rapid urbanisation. This group lives in Ta Lang and Gian Bi villages of Hoa Bac Commune, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Culture researcher Phan Cam Thuong has just launched the second book in his four-volume series on Vietnamese civilisation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Although the way Vietnamese celebrate the Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival has changed, they still maintain the tradition of preparing offerings for ancestor worship and buying new domestic utensils well ahead of time. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Neu’ pole erecting ritual and ‘Gu’ worshipping objects of the Cor ethnic minority group in Bac Tra My District, Quang Nam Province were announced as national intangible cultural heritages on August 3.