People
- Rice is the main grain for the people of Vietnam.
- Buddhism is the religion for more than half of the population of Vietnam.
- In Vietnam birthdays are celebrated only when the child is one month old and one year old, after that birthdays are not celebrated.
- Children of Vietnam go to school for about half of the day either in the morning of afternoon.
- Most free time is spent with friends and family.
- Secondary schools have sports teams, but elementary schools don't.
- Confucianism has a large and strong influence on Vietnamese life.
- The most commonly seen hats worn all over Vietnam is the conical hat, made out of bamboo or straw.
- Vietnamese is the national language for the country, but dialects vary in the north, south, ad central regions.
- There are as many as 60 different groups of people living in Vietnam, the majority of the population is Vietnamese people.
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