Nguyen Dynasty woodblocks are plates of wood with Chinese-transcribed Vietnamese characters and carved pictures and maps that were used for printing books in Vietnam in the late 19^th century and early 20^th century. The contents of documents are very plentiful and diverse, reflecting all aspects of Vietnam’s society in the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), such as history, geography, politics, society, military, legislation, culture-education, philosophic-religious thought, literature, poetry, etc..

Ngoc Chien Commune in Muong La District, Son La Province is an area with many mysteries. Here there are varieties of flowers which bloom out of season, hot streams very good for medical treatment and unique houses-on-stilts made of Fujian cypress timber of the Thai ethnic people. Each house-on-stilts has four roofs, tiled with Fujian cypress timber, and a quadrangular chamber, making the house a little bit different compared with the houses-on-stilts of the Thai ethnic people living in the north-west. The ends of the beams and poles have delicate decorative patterns.

A century has passed since French archaeologists found relics that dated from 2,500 - 3,000 years ago in the Sa Huynh sand dune (in Duc Pho District, Quang Ngai Province). New archaeological sites of the Sa Huynh culture have been continuously discovered and many diversified objects have been found…

In July of the lunar calendar, when the rice is golden and fully grown, Co Tu ethnic people in the western part of Quang Nam Province (Central Vietnam) hold a festival to welcome the new rice. The festival takes place during the harvest of the new rice and is reserved to pay homage to Giang (Heaven) and the spirits, which protect the villagers and bless them with a bumper harvest, clement weather and a peaceful life.