Many Vietnamese folk games have been played for hundreds of years.
Grandparents played them when they were little. Now kids still love them!
💡 Vietnamese Folk Games — Fun Facts
Fun “Did you know?” facts about Vietnamese Folk Games — tap through 10 at a time!
Tug-of-war (kéo co) is honored by UNESCO as a shared world tradition.
Kids in many countries play it too. It brings people together with fun.
In "kéo co," two teams pull a rope in a friendly tug-of-war.
Each team pulls as hard as they can. The winning team pulls the other over!
"Nhảy dây" means jumping rope, a favorite playground game.
Kids swing the rope and hop over it. They count how many jumps they can do.
"Bịt mắt bắt dê" is a game like blind-man's-buff with a blindfold.
One child wears a blindfold and tries to tag friends. Everyone giggles!
"Rồng rắn lên mây" is a fun chasing game with a long line of kids.
They hold on to make a wiggly dragon-snake. Then the chase begins!
In "ô ăn quan," children move little stones around a board.
Players scoop and drop the stones by turns. It takes clever thinking!