People
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Cham ethnic group
The Cham follow Islam and Brahmanism. Brahmanism's doctrines draw about...
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Bru - Van Kieu ethnic group
The Bru - Van Kieu live in small houses on stilts. These villages are usually...
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Customs and habits
The Brau have a tradition of tattooing their faces and bodies and filing...
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History
Chinese domination period (1st century, BC - 10th century, AD)
In the 3rd century BC, the Han people who lived in the Yellow River basin unified China, merging the various ethnic groups who lived in southern China to the south of the Yangtze River into a centralized empire
Administration Units
Worship of Ancestor Custom
A very popular belief among Vietnamese is the custom of the ancestor cult. In every household...
Regions in Vietnam
Overview
Economic Issues
Vietnam is a country in transition, steadily dismantling a monolithic centralised ‘command’...