Vietnamese Culture

The mere mention of Vietnam immediately brings to mind its troubled past and a brutal war that was fought there for nearly three decades. But, in reality Vietnam is a beautiful country covered by tall mountains, open plains, deep valleys and cultivated green fields. The country is also home to dense jungles and rainforests filled with exotic plants and animals. It is also a place of unique customs, traditions and superstitions that are still practiced …

…meeting for the first time on their wedding day. Funerals are also very traditional and are accompanied by numerous superstitions and rituals, like placing coins and rice in the mouth of the deceased, burying the body in the families rear yard and then digging up the deceased after three years. The list of traditions and and customs reaches back to the birth of Vietnam. To understand the culture of Vietnam is to understand its people.