Vietnam Stories
Travel to understand
where you are going.
People
Did the Sixth Patriarch Huineng truly originate from An Nam? From the records in the Platform Sutra to the hypothesis of Venerable Thich Man Giac, Vi Heritage revisits the scriptures, Tang dynasty geography, and Buddhist studies to examine the origins of the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism.
People
Serving one's ancestors is an expression of reverence, for "a tree must have roots to sprout green branches, and a river must have a source to become a vast sea," just as humans must have ancestors to exist in this world.
Journey
I visited Da Lat in the early days of October, in the middle of the persimmon season, with branches heavy with fruit as if they wanted to droop down to the path, the persimmons ripe and succulent.
People
The ancestral worship culture of the Ha Nhi people is more than just rituals and offerings. It is an art of maintaining the bond between the past and the present, between the glowing hearth and the vast wilderness.
Culture
"The betel quid is the beginning of every story." For generations, the image of the phoenix-shaped betel quid and the green areca nut has been woven into the spiritual life, customs, and soul of the Vietnamese people, becoming a unique cultural symbol that cannot be mistaken for any other.
People
Amidst a modern and bustling Da Lat, the cultural flow of the K'Ho people still quietly ripples through the sounds of gongs. Facing the whirlwind of urbanization and integration, this heritage is transforming to both reach out to the world and preserve the pristine soul of the great forests.
Regions
always have more
stories
to tell.
HanoiLayers of time in every street→
HueThe quiet beauty by the Perfume River→
Hoi AnLights and ancient rooftops→
