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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