The art of bài chòi

Story: Tran HuyenPhoto: Hoang Hai, Diep Bao Tan Discover a classic card game from Central Vietnam. Bài chòi is a popular game in Central Vietnam, typically played during the Lunar New Year. The name translates as “a deck of cards and a bamboo hut”. This game is played differently in each locality, reflecting the local culture. Players aren’t out to […]

17/05/2021 - Heritage

An encounter with fairies

This folk tale is adapted from the “Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales”  Illustrator: Ta Quynh Mai In the Tran Dynasty, a talented young mandarin named Tu Thuc hailed from Ai Province. He was given a post in the Tien Du District, now in Bac Ninh Province. Near the district Tu Thuc governed lay a huge pagoda. Its courtyard was full […]

27/08/2020 - Folktale

Lost in the kingdom of pơ mu

Le Hai Son For thousands of years, more than 2,000 pơ mu trees (fokienia hodginsii, a species of conifer tree belonging to the cypress family) have stood in Tay Giang District, Quang Nam Province. Of these, 725 are recognized as “Heritage Trees”. This population is considered the largest and most precious primary forest in the Southern Annamites, and is among the last rare, […]

27/08/2020 - Local Culture

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