From February 26 to 28, 2025, Cham Bani people in Binh Thuan province joyfully celebrated their traditional Ramuwan (New Year) festival. This long-standing traditional festival begins with its most important ritual, the grave visiting ceremony, where families offer prayers and invite their ancestors to join the New Year celebrations at Cham cemeteries.
The sixth Cham Ethnic Cultural Festival will take place in Phan Rang - Thap Cham City in the south central province of Ninh Thuan from September 27-29 with the participation of over 400 artisans, artists, performers, and athletes from the Chăm ethnic community across nine provinces and cities.
The south central provinces of Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan, home to the art of pottery making of Cham ethnic people, have been taking steps to preserve and bring into play the value of this UNESCO-recognised intangible cultural heritage at the same time with developing community-based tourism.
A festival honouring Ninh Thuan province’s cultural values and showcasing its tourism experiences and destinations has been held recently in Can Tho city. It is expected to boost locality-to-locality relations and promote domestic tourism.
The 2023 Kate Festival, celebrated by Cham followers of Brahmanism in Binh Thuan, drew a large crowd of tourists and locals to the Po Sah Inu towers in Phan Thiet city.
The central province of Phu Yen is now home to nearly 20,000 Cham people who are mainly living in Dong Xuan, Son Hoa and Song Hinh districts, and have well preserved their culture and customs.
A ceremony was held in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan on June 15 to receive the UNESCO certificate inscribing the art of pottery making of Cham people on the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding and kick off the Ninh Thuan Grape - Wine Festival 2023.
The south central province of Ninh Thuan will organise the 2023 Grape and Wine Festival from June 13 to 18 to promote one of its most lucrative agricultural produce and attract tourists.
The art of pottery making of Cham ethnic people was inscribed in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding by UNESCO on November 29.
Boasting untouched beauty, and unique cultural vestiges and traditional practices of Sa Huynh culture, Go Co ancient village in the central province of Quang Ngai is an attractive cultural destination for travelers.
The UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam is one of the most popular architectural complex of the Cham people and a famous tourist attraction in Vietnam.
Located in the southernmost part of the coastal central region, Binh Thuan is gradually gaining a firm foothold in tourism, promising a regional- and world-level attraction in the near future.
Over 100 relief packages were delivered to disadvantaged Vietnamese Cham people in Charating, the Malaysian state of Pahang, on February 26 as part of a series of charitable events co-held by the Embassy of Vietnam and Thuong Le charity group.
Boasting over 100 years of preserving and bringing into play cultural values, the Museum of Cham Sculpture is considered a unique place showcasing the quintessence of Cham people’s art of sculpture, which is a precious heritage of Da Nang city as well as Vietnam as a whole.
Boasting over 100 years of preserving and bringing into play cultural values, the Museum of Cham Sculpture is considered a unique place showcasing the quintessence of Cham people’s art of sculpture, which is a precious heritage of Da Nang city as well as Vietnam as a whole.
The 2020 Kate festival is scheduled to take place in Phan Thiet city of the south central province of Binh Thuan on October 15-16, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced.
Kate, the largest and most important traditional festival of Cham ethic people in Vietnam, is celebrated on the first day of the seventh lunar month to revere Gods, heroes, ancestors, and kings.
The My Son Sanctuary management board has received five collections of ancient Cham script books – related to old rituals or worship ceremonies of the Cham people in central Vietnam – from a local collector, contributing to precious data for the UNESCO-recognised world heritage site.
