Vietnamese Culture, Economy and Society

Culture, Language and Traditions

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What is the Vietnamese lunar New Year festival called?
Which traditional food is a square cake of sticky rice, mung beans and pork wrapped in leaves for Tet?
Which festival, held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, features lanterns and mooncakes for children?
What is the traditional long tunic worn by Vietnamese women called?
Which conical hat is a symbol of rural Vietnam, made from palm leaves?
Which traditional performing art is staged on a water surface, with puppets controlled from behind a screen?
Which folk singing tradition of Bac Ninh features alternating verses between groups of men and women?
Which musical genre from the Imperial Court of Hue is a UNESCO intangible heritage?
Which instrument ensemble is associated with the cultural space of the Central Highlands?
How many officially recognised ethnic groups live in Vietnam?
Which ethnic group makes up most of Vietnam's people?
Which writing system is used for Vietnamese today?
How many tones does standard Hanoi Vietnamese have, marked with diacritics?
What was the older writing system of Vietnam, created from Chinese characters with new characters for native words?
Which epic poem in verse by Nguyen Du tells the story of Thuy Kieu?
Which poet is nicknamed the Queen of Nom poetry for her witty and bold poems in the late 18th century?
Which one-pillar pagoda in Hanoi was built in 1049 under Ly Thai Tong?
Which religion, founded in Tay Ninh in 1926, blends Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Christianity?
Which three teachings are known in Vietnam as the Tam Giao?
Which giant festival honours the founding kings, held on the tenth day of the third lunar month?
Which Vietnamese village near Hanoi is known for its ceramics?
In the legend of banh chung and banh day, which prince won the Hung king's contest with his square rice cake?
On which day of the twelfth lunar month do families send the Kitchen Gods, Ong Tao, to heaven?
Which set of meanings does the word ma take when spoken in different tones in Vietnamese?
Which animal replaces the rabbit in the Vietnamese zodiac?

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