Thousands of children joined the program called “Befriend Southeast Asia” at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi this weekend.

Nhay ba bo (bean bag racing) attracts a lot of children

many little girls joined in

Tug of war

Walking on stilts

Passing a bamboo bridge



Children of less than 3 like painting

Playing with puppets


A game for girls


Children in traditional custumes

Kids learn painting, using natural materials like paddies, maize and black peas.

They learn how to make a paper fan by artisans from Chang Son village, Hanoi.

Playing “picking up crabs and put in a basket” game.

Instructing kids to make toys by leaves.

Walking on coconut shells, a game from Laos.

Singing and passing an object from hand to hand.

Hunter and wild ducks, a game from Malaysia.

Tug of war is popular in Vietnam and Thailand.

“A car” performed by Malaysia kids.

Vietnamese kids in traditional costumes.


A Vietnamese little girl in Malaysian costume.

A Vietnamese dance.





















