Authorities of Dong Van district in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang recently held a forest deity worship ceremony, where they also announced its recognition as a national intangible cultural heritage.

A Kathina (robe offering) ceremony was jointly hosted by the Thai Embassy in Vietnam, the Thai Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) at Hoang An pagoda in Hanoi on October 21.

A 108-episode film on Vietnam’s traditional practice of the worship of mother goddesses will be made public on May 12 for the first time.