Wedding, funeral music not allowed before 6am, after 10pm in Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:38 23/09/2026Vietnamese authorities have stipulated that music at weddings and funerals must not be played before 6:00 am or after 10:00 pm, while urging people to hold such events in a respectful, economical and culturally appropriate manner.
Couples encouraged to honor fallen soldiers, plant trees on wedding day in Vietnam’s Quang Tri
Vietnam News 14:17 28/07/2026Authorities in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam are encouraging couples to lay flowers at martyrs’ cemeteries and plant commemorative trees at public places and historical sites, as well as adopt more meaningful and environmentally friendly practices on their wedding day.
New funeral time limit tests grip of old customs in Vietnam’s Hue City
World 18:16 19/07/2026The Hue City People’s Committee in central Vietnam has issued a new regulation capping funerals at 72 hours, effective July 13, a sharp break from a custom that has run far longer for generations in the country’s old imperial capital.
Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely South Korea
World 15:38 02/11/2025Rows of coffins line a university classroom in the South Korean port city of Busan, ready for use in training the funeral directors of the future in a rapidly ageing country.
Car rides return ashes of Ho Chi Minh City’s COVID-19 casualties home
World 09:51 11/08/2021Grief abounds as the soldiers stopped to return each one to their family
Vietnamese province detects at least 30 COVID-19 cases traced to funeral cluster
Vietnam News 15:40 25/07/2021Four hamlets with more than 5,400 people have been locked down after the cluster was detected
Vietnamese woman stages own funeral to evade debt collectors
Ho Chi Minh City 19:46 01/04/2021Tuyen bought a casket and sent it home to arrange a fake funeral for herself
Funeral of Vietnam's ex-Deputy PM Truong Vinh Trong takes place in Hanoi, Ben Tre
Vietnam News 17:31 21/02/2021The state funeral began on Sunday morning with visitation ceremonies in Hanoi and Ben Tre Province
Family, friends say final goodbye to late Vietnamese comedian Chi Tai in US
World 12:17 20/12/2020The funeral and cremation took place in California on December 18 and 19 (local time)
Body of late Vietnamese comedian Chi Tai brought to family in US
World 16:11 13/12/2020His family will hold a funeral at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in California on December 18
Former PM, prominent artists mourn death of Vietnam’s cinema icon
Travel 12:05 06/01/2020Nguyen Chanh Tin passed away in his sleep at his home in Ho Chi Minh City on early Saturday morning
Thousands attend funeral for late Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Education and Training in Hanoi
Vietnam News 16:33 21/10/2019Le Hai An fell to his death at the ministry's headquarters in Hanoi on Thursday last week
