Vietnamese Culture Values

Traditional Tet space to be re-enacted in Hanoi’s Old Quarter

NDO/VNA – A series of cultural activities will be re-enacted specially for Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet, throughout Hanoi’s Old Quarter and pedestrian streets on January 18.

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New direction for Vietnamese tourism

The combination of tourism and the stage is expected to open a new path for Vietnamese tourism during its development towards stable and sustainable growth.

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Vietnamese Spiritual Life

In Vietnamese society, people have a habit of being superstitious and this has been part of their daily life. On such occasions as marriages, funerals and open new house, people will try to choose a propitious date.

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Educational system of Viet Nam in the past

Because of 1000 years under the cruel domination of Chinese, there are no records which indicate that a formal education system in Viet Nam was established Before Christ or even under the Chinese conquers years from 207 BC to 939 AD.

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Family and Social Culture

Before the late 1980s, nearly all Vietnamese people lived in villages, and the cultivation of wet rice was the principal economic activity. The basic component of rural society was the nuclear family, composed of parents and unwed children.

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Vietnamese Family Life

Vietnamese life is profoundly influenced by ancestor worship. Children learn at a very early age that they owe everything to their parents and their ancestors. Doing well in school and working hard honours one's parents and the family name. Respect for parents and ancestors is extended to all elders, whose life experiences are valued.

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Communicating with Vietnamese

Many languages and dialects are spoken in Vietnam, but Vietnamese is the official language and the language of most people. Many older Vietnamese are familiar with French or English. Interest in English has been rising, with language schools opening throughout the country.

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Vietnamese Social Relationships

The desire to achieve harmony between the self and the non-self remains an essential preoccupation of the Vietnamese in interpersonal relations outside the family group. The basic principles underlying family relationships is extended to the relationships between members of wider social groups.

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Vietnamese non-verbal Communication

As in most cultures, non-verbal communication plays an important role in Vietnamese society, sometimes to accompany and reinforce linguistic symbols, sometimes as a substitute for words.

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Vietnamese Traditional Family Values

Traditional values of Vietnamese lifestyle were deeply affected by Confucian ethics. During thousand years the Chinese invaded and maintained control Vietnam, Vietnamese culture was permeated by their Confucian philosophical beliefs. This philosophy based for the existence of and extended family structure through 2,000 years of Vietnamese history.

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Traditional Tet space to be re-enacted in Hanoi’s Old Quarter

New direction for Vietnamese tourism

Vietnamese Spiritual Life

Educational system of Viet Nam in the past

Family and Social Culture

Vietnamese Family Life

Communicating with Vietnamese

Vietnamese Social Relationships

Vietnamese non-verbal Communication

Vietnamese Traditional Family Values