Why the New Year in Vietnam is called "Tet"?
What makes Hanoi´s Old Quarter unique?
Which medical plant saved President Ho Chi Minh´s life
during the resistance againts the French?
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The answers to these and hundreds of more questions about modern life and traditional culture in Vietnam can be found in this pocket- size bilingual series. Edited in Vietnamese by Vietnamese culture scholar Huu Ngoc, and in English by American writer and long-time Vietnam resident Lady Borton.
The first 10 volumes:
1. Vietnamese Lunar New Year
2. Hanoi´s Old Quarter
3. Traditional Medicine
4. Mid- Autumn Festival
5. Popular Theatre
6. Betel and Areca
7. Martial Arts
8. Ceramics
9. Early Modern Vietnamese Painting
10. Royal Exams