Each passing year in a person’s life brings esteem and respect to their family and neighborhood. Formerly, at the age of 40 one was honored for being an old man or woman. During the Tran Dynasty in the 12th and 13th centuries, the 40 year old emperor gave up his throne to his son to [...]

Recording Name on Family Annals Custom According to the old custom, after checking the family annals, avoiding the profanation of taboo names (name of a child is same as the name of ancestors); the newborn child is officially given a name. First-born Baby custom It has some difficulties for the wife when she is pregnant [...]

“The sense of the dead is that of the final”, says a Vietnamese proverb, implying that funeral ceremonies must be solemnly organized. Formerly, funerals went as follow’s the body was washed and dressed, a chopstick was laid between the teeth and then a pinch of rice and three coins were drooped in the mouth. The [...]

The Vietnamese culture has evolved from the basis of a wet rice cultivating civilization. Because of this, the lifestyle of the Vietnamese population is closely related to native villages and lands. In Vietnamese society, people gathered together to form villages in rural areas and guilds in urban areas. These villages and guilds have been forming [...]

The presence of the dead, the behaviour of the living, and an influence on the future – the many generations of the Vietnamese family. Ancestor worship was introduced into Vietnam by the Chinese during their long occupation of the country that began 200 years before the birth of Christ. Since then, it has been fully [...]