F our thousand years ago, Vietnamese people were building stilt houses similar to those in use today. Suited to flood-prone plains and to steep mountain slopes, these houses remain popular among many of Vietnam’s 54 different ethnic groups. Vietnamese houses As well as being somewhere to eat, entertain and sleep, a stilt house is where [...]
Village of Vietnamese ethnic groups to open in 2010
The Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups will welcome tourists in 2010, coinciding with the 1,000 th anniversary of the country’s capital city – Thang Long – Hanoi. Once totally completed in 2015, the village will become a national cultural, sports and tourism centre and a live museum of ethnology which features unique characteristics of [...]
