More than 10,000 attended the event and police had to block parts of the street

For centuries people in An Dinh Village come together to have a holy bonfire and pray for a lucky year...

Officials, however, are not very confident that villagers will listen and take the gory tradition away from the public eye

Vietnam filed the application together with Cambodia, the Philippines and South Korea  

"We will get rid of those that have no educational value"

Take a culinary nostalgia trip through 19th century Vietnam with a six-course royal meal