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Name of ethnic group: Chu Ru (Cho Ru and Ru)
Population: 14,978 people (Year 1999)
Locality: Don Duong District in Lam Dong Province and Binh Thuan Province.
Banh it - a must try specialty of the central region: popular saying goes, "Muon an banh it la gai, co chong Binh Dinh cho dai duong di" This roughly translate as "If you wish to eat banh it la gai, get married to a Binh Dinh man to increase your life experience".
Xu Lady festival takes place annually on the second half of the 4th lunar month at Sam mountain, Vinh Te community, Chau Doc district, An Giang province.
The game of vieing for ball is a ritual in some festivals or a custom in others. Its names and rules can be different from locality to locality. It is an activity wishing for bumper crops of the peasants.
Vietnamese modern dance started developing around 1945. It consists of a combination of materials; some from the folk dance period and others from the new era.
In 931, a patriot, Duong Dinh Nghe, took up the fight and made himself governor. After Duong Dinh Nghe died, murdered by one of his aides, the fight was led by Ngo Quyen, who in 938 clashed with a Southern Han expeditionary corps approaching by sea.
Vietnamese, the national language is tonal and monosyllabic, which means the meanings of the word change according to the pitch they are pronounced at.
Name of ethnic group: Chut (Ruc, Sach, Arem, May, Ma Lieng, Tu Vang, Pa Leng, Xe Lang, To Hung, Cha Cu, Tac Cuc, Ymo, and Xa La Vang)
Population: 3,829 people (Year 1999)
Locality: Minh Hoa and Tuyen Hoa districts of Quang Binh Province.
Vietnam Street alive: Street snacks abolind in Vietnam and the cries of the hawkers who sell them evoke powerful emotions in people who associate them with childhood treats and thoughts of home.
The currency of Vietnam is the dong (VND). Notes are available in paper denominations of 500,000; 200,000; 100,000; 50,000; 20,000; 10,000; 5,000; 1,000; 500; 200 and 100 VND, and also in metal denomination of 5,000; 2,000; 1,000; 500; 200 d.
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