Vietnam: Facts & Stats

CULTURE

Traditions:

Respect for parents and ancestors is a key virtue in Vietnam. The oldest male in the family is the head of the family and the most important family member. His oldest son is the second leader of the family. Sometimes, related families live together in a big house and help each other. The parents chose their children's marriage partners based on who they think is best suited for their child.

When people die, their families honor their ancestors on the day of their death by performing special ceremonies at home or at temples and by burning incense and fake money for the one who died.

The French introduced Western values of individual freedom and sexual quality, which undermined and the traditional Vietnamese social system. In urban areas, Western patterns of social behavior became increasingly common, especially among educated and wealthy Vietnamese.

Celebrations:

Vietnam celebrates many holidays, including traditional holidays which have been celebrated in Vietnam for thousands of years, along with modern holidays imported predominantly from western countries.

Among the traditional holidays, the two most important and widely celebrated are the Lunar new year (Tet), followed by the Mid-autumn lantern festival (Tet Trung Thu), although the latter has been losing ground in recent years.

Public holidays:

January 1	New Year's Day.
Between late January late February	Tet (Lunar New Year) Largest holiday of the year, falling on the first three days of lunar calendar; in practice, celebrations are held during the weeks before and after those three days.
April 30	Liberation Day The day Saigon was liberated, leading to the South Vietnam government's dissolvement and Vietnam's unification.
May 1	Labour Day Celebrates the economic and social achievements of workers.
September 2	National Day Commemorates Ho Chi Minh's speech in Ba Dinh Square in 1945, declaring Vietnam's independence

Other holidays

March 8	International Women's Day
November 20	Teacher's Day
December 25	Christmas
October 20	Vietnam Women's Day
June 1	Children's day
15/1 (lunar)	Full moon of the 1st month
3/3 (lunar)	Third lunar month's third day's festival
10/3 (lunar)	Hung Vuong Kings Commemoration Day
15/4 (lunar)	Buddha's Birthday
5/5 (lunar)	Midyear Festival
15/7 (lunar)	Full moon of the 7th month or Piety Day
15/8 (lunar)	Mid-Autumn Festival
23/12 (lunar)	Kitchen guardians

Alcohol:

There is no legal drinking age in Vietnam.

Sports and Hobbies:

Since 1975, the Vietnamese sports and physical culture have been truly promoted to become a widespread movement among people with the slogan "To be strong to construct and defend the country". The French and American war posed big obstacles to the development of the Vietnamese sports; nonetheless, at every interval during these two wars, Vietnam had been hectic to construct the preliminary infrastructure for sports. Stadiums and training centers had been built, and more importantly, the first training officers and managing officers of the sports branch had undergone basic training inside the country and abroad.

Soccer is the most popular game in Vietnam. Those who concern about soccer include not only soccer players at all levels but also the mass of soccer fans in which many of them have not even kicked a ball.

However, the high ranking awards of the Vietnam sports were not given to soccer, but chess playing, kungfu and shooting. Many Vietnamese chess players have been conferred with Prominent Player and Great Prominent Player Honors by the International Chess Federation, namely, Hoang Thanh Trang, Dao Thien Hai, Nguyen Thi Tuong Van. Regarding kungfu, Wushu player Nguyen Thuy Hien, gold medalist at the 1996 Asian Wushu Championships, is the most prominent sporting personality of Vietnam.

Male and female players of Taekwondo, Judo and Karate are usually a spearhead of Vietnamese sports in regional competitions. Another Vietnamese outstanding sporting personality is body-building player Ly Duc, the gold medalist at the 90 kg category at the Asian Body-building Championships held in Rangoon, Myanmar.

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