Vietnam’s crisis of faith is destroying its festivals

There was a time when festivals were innocent, earnest celebrations, but the destruction of pagodas and temples after independence has drained public spirituality.

The event fell on the same day that students returned to their high school in Parkland after a mass shooting that killed 17 people.

The Lunar New Year is a time for excess fun, food and flowers, but also smoke and ash.

February 11, 2018 | 07:03 pm GMT+7

Showering money and food on poor people are popular ways to pay tribute to the wandering souls, dead or alive.

September 06, 2017 | 10:43 am GMT+7