Vietnam Cultural Night

Checking the MC Script

There are four performances on Vietnam Cultural Night, prepared by Vietnamese postgraduate students in UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, to help international friends know more about Vietnamese culture:

1/ "Working on the paddy field" Dance: Vietnam is an agricultural country and we have been growing rice for 4000 years. The sequence of growing wet rice start with seeding which usually takes place in spring. This process is very critical to have a successful crop and it is a really hard job. In order to overcome the boredom and hardness, Vietnamese composed songs and dances about working on the paddy field.

2/ Martial Art: Throughout 4000 years history, to survive in nature and protect the land and family against invasions, Vietnamese people have developed our own martial art.

3/ "Reminiscent of hometown" Duet: A song is written about Vietnamese traditional dress - "áo dài"

4/ "Spring song" Group Singing: A song is written about the lively atmosphere in a beautiful spring and happiness among Vietnamese people during Tet holiday

To help visitors understand more about Vietnam, we welcomed everyone at our Culture Booth, to introduce about Vietnamese "Tet", beautiful scenes of Vietnam, etc. Volunteers in this areas all wore traditional clothes from different regions around Vietnam. Hope you all enjoyed and we are looking forward to to seeing you in Vietnam.

Only in Vietnam Cultural Night when Vietnamese and Irish families living in Dublin with international students and staffs at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School can join together to play Vietnamese traditional games. Hope you all had a great time with us.

Thanks everyone who visited Vietnam Cultural Night's Photobooth to take pictures with all Vietnamese traditional clothes and handicraft masks. Hope you had a great time.

Don't forget to take our "lì xì" in these envelopes in the Reception area at 5PM tomorrow, with one food voucher and one lucky draw

Moments captured rehearsing for Vietnam Cultural Night event. Can't wait to be on stage tomorrow

[Only 1 day left until Vietnam Cultural Night]
Please come join us at UCD Smurfit Restaurant at 5PM tomorrow to participate in traditional games at Culture Booth, take photos with Vietnam's handicraft masks at Photo Booth, taste delicious cuisine and lots of other activities to know more about

[3 days until Vietnam Cultural Night]
is very much about how much you can eat. :P Let's find out the common and differences between Vietnamese cuisine in three different regions during Tết ;)

[5 days until Vietnam Cultural Night]
Today is officially the first day of Lunar New Year. On this special day, Vietnamese people normally do:
- Visiting relatives and giving away red envelopes filled with lucky money
- Visiting pagodas and temples
- Asking for the script of calligraphy
CHÚC MỪNG NĂM MỚI!!!

CHÚC MỪNG NĂM MỚI! Wishing you prosperity on the Year of the Rooster.