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Culture and entertainment area (125.22 ha)
General tourism services area (138.89 ha)
Administration Office (78.5 ha)
Village area I (23.26 ha)
Village area II (13.05 ha)
Village area III (14.91 ha)
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2. The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture
and Tourism
Name in abbreviation: Vinaculto
 Investment location: Dong Mo, Son Tay, Hanoi
 Total area: 1544 ha
Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and
Tourism is a national center of culture, sports and
tourism activities where traditional cultural heritage of
54 Vietnamese ethnics can be kept and exploited;
enhancing solidarity, mutual understanding, educating
national pride and patriotism of Vietnamese citizens;
strengthening friendship, cooperation and cultural
exchange with other nations of the world; and
meeting the needs of travelling, cultural and research
activities of both Vietnamese and foreign tourists.
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3. The Village area I
The Village area II
The Village arae III
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4. Total area: 23,26 hectares
Village area I: comprises of cultural works and special
feature landscape of 28 ethnic villages of highlands,
valleys, midlands under the North Vietnam, Northwest
and North Central language with Tay-Thai, Tang-Mien,
Hmong - Dao, Viet-Muong, Ka - Dai: Lo Lo, Pu Peo,
Ha Nhi, Muong, Hmong, Dao, Thai…
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5. Gongs festival of Muong
The game of
Wrestling of the
highland market
“Chim khau” festival
of San chay
A red Dao ethnic
wedding
“Sac bua” festival of
Thai
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6. M U O N G 2 0 1 4
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Besides appearing in daily meals, „‟ Sau mang „‟ fried are often
used as food on occasions meetings side „‟Can‟‟ wine of Muong
people. The food has high nutritional value, the lucky visitors
visiting homeowners on a rainy season will be enjoy dishes very
weird and special.
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Rich folk dancing as Animal dance, cotton dance, instrument
dance with Gong used unique amulet sing, especially in the
Muong, it must be mentioned song holiday, these are mountain
worship pieces, sprayers read by powwow and singed in the
funeral
festival “Phuong Xac bua” of Muong people at “Village”
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7.  Proper name
: Thai
 Other name :
Auta, Moi,
MoiBi, Mol,…
Place of
residence : Hoa
Binh, Phu Tho,
Son La, Thanh
Hoa, Ninh
Binh,…
Language :
Viet –Muong
Festival :
“Phuong Sac
Bua‟‟, “Xuong
Dong‟‟, “Cau
mua‟‟( Apirl ),
“Rua la rua”
Religious
beliefs :
Buddhism.
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Three stilt houses of Muong people at
Vietnam National Village for Ethnic
Culture and Tourism are 466.53 m2 in
total area and in the four-roof stilt
houses. Scale usually located at the back
right. Scale accessories for women at the
top in the left. The main staircase is
located in the right gable. The sub-
staircase for females is located in the left
gable. The frame is founded in the
middle part between piles and trusses,
the truss attached to purlin and its legs
fitted into the top of the small piles.
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8. Thai women wind Pieu towels; wear black dresses, short jacket
with butterfly, spider and cicada-shaped silver buttons, clung
jackets; tied green silk to the waist and carrey chain near the hip
T H A I 2 0 1 4
The clothes of Black Thai The clothes of White Thai
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CccUISIN
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Lam rice, five colors sticky rice and white sticky rice are the
traditional foods of Thai ethnic group. Each food has the special
taste and meaning.
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Thai people have many special festivals. Each festival aims to
show gratitude towards deities and express good praise for
timely rains and favourable weather, good crops, happy life and
good healthy such as: Ban flower festival, Ooc Co festival, Xoe
dance..
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9. The stilt houses of Black Thai house has
tortoise shell shaped roof, covered
► Proper
name: Thai
► Other name:
Tay Thanh,
Man Thanh,
Pu Thay, ...
► Local group:
Black Thai
and White
Thai.
► Language:
The Tay-Thai
language
►Writing: The
form of
Sancrit
► History:
Originated in
the mainland
of the
Southeast
Asia and the
North West
of Vietnam
soon.
► Place of
residence: Son
La, Lai Chau,
Lao Cai, Nghe
An, ...
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The White Thai‟s stilt house has sloping and
oblique gable. The Thai‟s house is recognized
by “khau cut”
to distinguish the
social position of
the host.
This is a place
in front of
Thai‟s house
to organize
some festivals
with thatches,
surrounded with
bamboo
partition. . There
are two main
doors at two
gabbles.
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 Area: 13.05 hectares
Village II includes 18 ethnic groups living in the high
lands of south central, Truong Son mountain and Tay
Nguyen, Austro-Asiatic and Austronesia language
families such as: Gie Trieng, E De, Gia Rai, Cor, Bana,
Brau, Ta Oi, Ma, Xo Dang, M‟nong… in which the most
prominent is Bana and Brau village
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Cong chieng-Tay Nguyen
Tomb statues
M‟nong ethnic
Elephant racing festival
Bru-Van Kieu ethnic

12. It is high at 17,5m with the area is
84m2. It is used to arbitrate the
lawsuit, welcome the strange visitors
and is symbolized to the power and
the soul of the village
The high communal house:
The lower communal house:
The stilt house:
Its length is 15m with the area is
82m2. It is special for the shape,
the upper is large while the lower
is narow. It is used to prevent the
wild beats and remind villagers to
remember our origin
Including two main roofs and
two side roofs, they are all slope
roofs. The ladder is grafted by
the wooden planks combining
with the two circle trunks
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B A N A 2 0 1 4
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13. It is made of wood, bamboo and has
cottage roof. There are many wooden
statues surrounding it. It is used to
bury the dead and serve the tomb
abandonment ceremony.
Usually carried out at
the end of the year, in
the full moon day.
It takes place in the communal house
and becomes the festival of the village
Proper name:
Bana
Other name:
Roh, Bo Nam,
Ala Kong,
Krang.
Local group:
Ro Ngao, To Lo,
Ro Long (Y
Lang)
Population:
227.716 people
Language:
Mon-Kmer
Writing: do
not have their
own writing
Place of
residence:Gia
Lai, Kon Tum,
Binh Dinh
The charnel house:
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The tomb abandonment ceremony:
Is the biggest ceremony lasting in five
days. It takes place in the tomb area
of the village and it is considered the
last farewell to the dead
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14. Brau people eat ordinary rice and bamboo tube rice. They like
drinking jaw wine, smoking tobacco by tobacco pipe.
The wedding is held in the bride‟s family and is paid by the
bridegroom‟s family. After marriage, the bridegroom will stay
with his wife‟s family in about 4 to 5 years; then the wife and
husband will be in turn.
In the funeral practices, the coffin is half buried; then they build
the charnel house to grave. Surrounding the charnel house is
decorated with wooden masks.
B R A U 2 0 1 4
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15. Brau people live in small stilt houses. The
houses are arranged with round shape
and toward a house in the middle. This
house is the place to take place common
living of village.
Men wear a loin-cloth, and women wear
dress and necklace (bracelet, leg rings).
They are bare to the waist in summer,
and wear more fibre sheet in winter.
Proper name:
Brau
Other name:
Brao
Population:
397 people
(2009)
Language:Mon
Mon-Khmer (the
Asian South
family language
Early history:
100 years ago
in Vietnam
Place of
residence: Dac
Me, Bo Y
village, Ngoc
Hoi district,
Kon Tum
province
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hhjj
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18. Total area: 14.91 ha
Regional references: The South Central Region,
Southern.
Main ethnic villages: Cham, Khmer, Choro, Churu
Ancillary works: gate, welcome services, exhibition
management, resorts, etc.
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Choro stilt house
Churu women
Khmer pagoda’s gate
The Monks in Khmer pagoda
Cham towers
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K H M E R 2 0 1 4
Men and women wear silk sarong woven by them. The elder
people wear loose-fitting blouse, well-to-do men wear loose-
fitting blouse and put bandanna on the shoulder.
Bonh Oc-om-bok
Bonh Dol-ta
Bonh Chol-
Chnam-Thmay
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Khmer people have rich treasure of tales
as myths, legends,etc. Art and
architecture of temples are considered
the most unique heritage of Khmer
culture. Buddhist Temple and activities
plays an important role in the spiritual
life and society.
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21. Proper name:
Khmer people
Other names:
Cur, Cul, Cu
Tho, etc.
Historical
Origin: 17th
century
Language:
Mon-Khmer
language
group.
Place of
residence:
Mekong Delta:
Tra Vinh, Soc
Trang, Ca
Mau, An
Giang,etc.
Special
festivals: Bonh
Chôl Chnam
Thmây, Bonh
Đôl-ta, Bonh
Oc-om-bok..
Name: Salathen
Include central chamber, corner tower,
tower garden, houseboat, worship
hermitage, sala, flagpole, lotus pond.
Construction based
on Buddha‟s life, cloud, water, plants.
Have 4 main doors
The symbol of Khmer
culture
A place to worship
Buddha
A school where the
monks are the educators.
A variant triangle
which have high
philosophic meaning
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KHMER PAGODA

22. C H A M 2 0 1 4
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The low house on
stilt or ground house
in architectural
complex in an area,
simple buildings, and
discreet villages.
Cham was followed
by matriarchy.
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Bride‟ family organize the wedding for their daughter
then groom will live in bride‟s house.
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The Cham‟s ancient literature is very rich and unique
with monument, biblical, myth, heroic epic, tales. Tower
architecture and the cathedral are unique and typical.
Traditional music with Saranai trumpet, paranung
drums, kinang drums, erhu and many copper gong sets.
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23. Oficial name:
Cham
Other name:
Champa,
Chiem, Chiem
Thanh,...
Population:
about 160.000
people.
Language:
Malayo-
Polynesian
Place of
residence:
Ninh Thuan,
Binh Thuan,
An Giang, Tay
Ninh, ...
Historical
origin: Cham
people live in
Central coast
for long time.
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Considersed to be the most
important building in the Village
Area III, Cham Towers includes:
The main tower- Kalan: Located in
the central of the Cham tower
populations, it is considered to be a
temple where king live.
The fire tower- Kosaga: The kitchen
and a ware house to keep the rice
and foods.
The gate tower- Gopura: the living
room where king welcome guests.
Celebrating yard: the place where
people celebrate many important
festivals in a year.

24. A C T I V I T I E S
The night to
honor the
cultures of
Vietnam Ethnic
groups
Opening the
Northern
Highland Market
The visting of
candidates of
Miss Ethnic
Vietnam
The visiting the
Red Dao ethnic
village of
President Truong
Tan Sang
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25. The camp fire night
of Ho Chi Minh
Communist Youth
Union
The Ethnic Vietnam
festival
The visiting of
veterans from
Hanoi
Reappearing the
Southern Floating
Market
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26. S E R V I C E S
Museum -- the place reappear the costumes and
materials of some ethnic groups
Resort service
houses
The stopover
place
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28. S E R V I C E S
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29. COSTUMES
DOs
When coming into a
Pagoda, you need to
wear long clothes, cover
your neck and walk
quitely. As with
Buddhists, one must
wear Buddha shirt when
coming into the Buddha
shrine inside Pagoda.
Avoid wearing short
sleeves shirt, sleevelest
shirts, short pants, short
skirts or anything that
may be seem as rude or
disrespectful to the
Pagoda or the Monks.
VOCATIVE
DOs
Coming into the pagoda,
one should use the name
“Buddha Amitabha”
instead of the real name
in order to greet Monks
within the pagoda. Also
at the time of departure,
one should also use this
sentence to say goodbye.
Merit is unlimitted
forboth the visitors and
the Pagoda.
D N’Ts
No swearing or saying
dirty things within the
pagoda. No running,
talking, commenting,
sitting or lying down in
or near the Buddha
shrine. No sneezing or
spitting around the
Buddha shrine.
D N’Ts
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30. 1.Dong Mo Resort and Spa
Dong Mo village- Son Tay town- Ha Noi city
2. Duong Lam ancient village
Duong Lam village- Son Tay town- Ha Noi city
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31. 3. Son Tay ancient citedal
Son Tay town center- Hanoi city
4. Da Waterfall Ecological Tourist Area
Van Hoa village- Ba Vi district- Hanoi city
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32. C O N T E N T
Map ...................................................... 1
General information ............................. 2
Village area I ........................................ 4
Muong Ethnic village ........................... 6
Thai Ethnic village ............................... 8
Village area II ...................................... 10
Bana Ethnic village ............................. 12
Brau Ethnic village .............................. 14
Village area III ..................................... 18
Khmer Ethnic village ........................... 20
Cham Ethnic village ............................ 22
Activities .............................................. 24
Services ............................................... 26
DOs & DON’Ts .................................... 29
Other neighboring areas ........................... 30
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