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- North vs South Vietnam: Real Cultural Differences
Hà Nội and Sài Gòn feel like different countries in places — partition history, migration, accents, sweeter southern food, and where the old north-south stereotypes hold up and where they don't.
culture · Updated 2026-07-20 - Vietnam Cultural Itinerary: 14 Days
Two weeks deep in Vietnamese culture: Temple of Literature, Huế Citadel, My Son Cham, Hội An, Cao Dai, Mekong river life.
itineraries · Updated 2026-07-06 - Bát Tràng and Vietnamese ceramic villages
A guide to Vietnam ceramic craft villages — Bát Tràng near Hanoi, Phù Lãng, Chu Đậu, and Thanh Hà near Hội An — for day trips, workshops, and buying.
culture · Updated 2026-06-30 - Vietnamese lacquer villages: where the pieces come from
A guide to Vietnam lacquer (son mai) craft villages near Hanoi and Binh Duong, with tips on workshop visits and buying authentic pieces.
culture · Updated 2026-06-30 - Vietnamese silk-weaving villages
Van Phuc, Nha Xa, Duy Xuyen, and Bao Loc are the four main hubs of Vietnamese silk weaving, each open to visitors who want to watch looms in action and buy from source.
culture · Updated 2026-06-30 - Vietnamese hospitality — what to expect, regional differences
Vietnamese hospitality is real and structured. What 'being a guest' actually means, how north vs central vs south differ, and the gestures that count.
culture · Updated 2026-06-30 - Mid-Autumn Festival (Tet Trung Thu)
Late September or early October — the country fills with lanterns, mooncakes, lion dancing, and parents buying their children paper figures. The childrens festival.
events · Updated 2026-05-21 - Tet — Vietnamese Lunar New Year
The biggest Vietnamese holiday. 7-10 days when half the country pauses for family. Traditions, foods, customs, and what foreigners should know about being present during Tet.
events · Updated 2026-05-21 - Dating Vietnamese nationals — cultural context
Vietnamese dating culture, family dynamics, the meet-the-parents milestone, and the realities for foreign partners.
living in vietnam · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnam museums worth visiting
The 12 Vietnamese museums that justify a half-day — War Remnants, Ethnology, Vietnamese History, Cham Sculpture, plus the smaller specialty ones.
history · Updated 2026-05-21 - Contemporary art galleries by city in Vietnam
Manzi (Hanoi), Galerie Quynh (HCMC), Vincom Center for Contemporary Art, plus the emerging gallery scene.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnam's contemporary art scene
Galleries, art districts, public art, and the young Vietnamese artists worth following. HCMC vs Hanoi vs Hội An, plus the Đổi Mới-generation framework.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese drinking culture — bia hơi, rượu, and the etiquette
Bia hơi nights, rượu shots at business dinners, 'một, hai, ba, dô!' toasting, and the role drinking plays in Vietnamese social and business life.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese ethnic-minority crafts — buying authentic
How to tell H mong indigo, Dao embroidery, and Cham silk from tourist-grade imitations.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese gaming and esports culture
VCS League of Legends, the PUBG Mobile scene, mobile gaming dominance, and the Vietnamese internet-cafe culture.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese social hierarchy and formal titles
Age-based hierarchy, professional titles (Thạc Sĩ, Tiến Sĩ, Bác Sĩ), party and military titles. The system that organises every Vietnamese interaction.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Kinship language in Vietnamese culture — the social structure behind the pronouns
Why Vietnamese has no neutral 'you' — the social structure behind anh / chị / em / chú / cô. The cultural framework, not just the words.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Lucky and unlucky numbers in Vietnamese culture
Why apartments skip the 4th floor, why 9 is auspicious, why 'đẹp' numbers cost more for plates. Vietnamese number superstition, with the cultural roots.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Martial arts training in Vietnam — Vovinam and Wing Chun
Vovinam (Vietnam s indigenous martial art), Wing Chun in HCMC, Vinh Xuan, and the foreigner-accessible schools.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Football and sport in Vietnamese culture
Vietnam is a football-obsessed country. The national team, the V-League, the bia-hơi match-night culture, plus the rising sports beyond football.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese street food culture by region
Hanoi pavement-corner culture, Hue royal-cuisine-on-the-street, HCMC mobile vendors, Mekong floating markets — the regional street food map.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese tea culture and ceremony
Vietnamese tea is everyday, not ceremonial — trà đá (iced tea) free at every meal. But there's a real tea-house tradition in Hanoi and Huế, plus the highland farms producing the country's best leaves.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Traditional Vietnamese games and pastimes
Đá cầu (shuttlecock kicking), cờ tướng (Vietnamese chess), bầu cua tôm cá (the dice gambling game), plus the modern pool-hall culture that's replaced much of it.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Tết and the Vietnamese Festival Calendar
The lunar new year is the big one. But there are eight or nine other festivals worth knowing about.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese Etiquette: What to Know
Greetings, addressing people, gifts, the table, the home — a working guide to not embarrassing yourself.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Gift-Giving Etiquette in Vietnam
What to give, what to avoid, and how to present a gift respectfully in Vietnamese business and social settings.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - The Áo Dài and Vietnamese Dress
The áo dài isn't a national costume; it's a continuously evolving form. A short guide for visitors.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese kinship and formality registers — how to address anyone
Vietnamese doesn't have neutral 'I' or 'you'. Pronouns shift with age and relationship. The system seems complex but reduces to six common patterns that cover 90% of life.
language · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese tea — beyond trà đá
Lotus tea in Hanoi, highland Arabica-style green teas, Hà Giang shan tuyết, plus the everyday trà đá. Where the country's real tea culture lives.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - The Friendly Stranger Approach: Genuine or Not
Most Vietnamese people who strike up a conversation with you are sincere. A small number aren't. Here's how to tell the difference without becoming the kind of traveller who turns down every greeting.
scams · Updated 2026-05-21 - LGBTQ+ Travel in Vietnam
Vietnam is broadly tolerant in cities, more reserved in the countryside. No legal recognition yet, but no laws against being gay either.
practical · Updated 2026-05-17 - Dating in Vietnam as a Foreigner: Cultural Notes
How dating actually works in modern Vietnam, the apps that work, and the family and cultural dynamics nobody warns expats about.
living in vietnam · Updated 2026-05-17