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The culture of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Văn hoá Việt Nam, chữ Hán: 文化越南) are the customs and traditions of the Kinh people and the other ethnic groups of Vietnam. Vietnam is part of Southeast Asia and the Sinosphere due to the influence of Chinese culture on Vietnamese culture.
Vietnam's ethnic mosaic results from the peopling process in which various peoples came and settled the territory, leading to the modern state of Vietnam by many stages, often separated by thousands of years over a duration of tens of thousands of years. Vietnam's entire history, thus, is an embroidery of polyethnicity. [14]
The Complex of Huế Monuments was the first site in Vietnam to be inscribed on the list at the 17th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Colombia in 1993. [4] Two cultural sites from Quảng Nam were listed in 1999: Hội An Ancient Town and Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary.
This is a timeline of Vietnamese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Vietnam and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Vietnam. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Prehistory ...
Belief in ghosts and spirits is very common; many believe that the traditions are important links to culture and history and are enjoyable, while others believe that failing to perform the proper rituals for one's ancestors will literally cause them to become hungry ghosts (Vietnamese: ma đói). [nb 1]
Geoffrey Wawro was invited to speak at LSU Shreveport about his newest book, The Vietnam War: A Military History. “On any given day there were 50 to 70,000 troops in combat. Those guys had a ...
The Vietnamese folk religion fosters Confucian values; For example, Temples of Literature (Văn Miếu) are temples devoted to the worship of Confucius that in imperial times also functioned as academies. Taoism is believed to have been introduced into Vietnam during the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. In its pure form it is rarely ...
Cultural history of Vietnam (5 C, 4 P) I. Vietnamese inventions (13 P) L. Languages of Vietnam (3 C, 96 P) M. Vietnamese martial arts (1 C, 7 P) Mass media in Vietnam ...