(Cinet)- The water puppet is a unique cultural creativity of wet rice-grown people in the Red River Delta for thousands of years. The Vietnam water puppet has not only preserves but also promotes its values of culture and arts strongly.
Every year in spring, vacationers make a beeline for Kinh Bac (the Red River Delta region) to take part in village festivals that come soon after Tết. Here, youths sing Quan Ho, a northern music style, play folk games, participate in cooking competitions, and make cakes.
The Truong Yen Festival (Dinh-Le Kings Temples Festival) takes place on the 10th of the third lunar month, in Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of the Dai Co Viet Kingdom of Vietnam (10th century A.D.), in honour of Dinh and Le Kings.
Phat Diem Cathedral is in Luu Phuong Commune, Phat Diem Town, Kim Son District, 130km south of Hanoi, and 28km southeast of Ninh Binh Town. This is the center of Catholicism in north Vietnam and also a tourist site attracting foreign and domestic visitors.