Bru-Van Kieu ethnic minorities organise their traditional community into villages and hamlets. These places provide areas for accommodation, cultivation, hunting, cattle and poultry raising as well as other production activities.

Villages or hamlets are arranged in circles, quadrangles, U-shapes, or along rivers or streams. Houses are on stilts, made simply from materials available in the forest. Houses of the Bru-Van Kieu ethnic group are small, catering for nuclear families. Each house has double round or square roofs, two main doors, one for men, the other for women.

The village chief is highly respected by villagers. The Bru-Van Kieu has several clans with each retaining stories, which recall the origin of their ancestors and certain taboos. Young men and women of the ethnic group are free to choose their intended sponge and parents normally respect their children's choice of life partners. During the wedding reception, the groom's family often hands a sword to the bride's family. When coming to stay with the husband's family, the young wife is expected to complete complicated rituals such as fixing a cooker, washing feet, and having meals with the husband. In the lineal kinship, the uncle is influential in wedding ceremonies or other important issues of his nephews and nieces.

The Bru-Van Kieu ethnic minorities worship their ancestors and sacred objects such as swords, or pieces from broken bowls. They believe in ghosts and spirits. That's why gods, genies, or spirits representing mountains, rivers, trees, sun, rice, or tutelary genies ...are worshipped in the house or out in the forests in an order of importance, in hopes for favourable weather conditions and bumper crops, and a happy and peaceful life. Worshipping the rice genie is considered the most important in the daily life of the Van Kieu.

The Bru-Van Kieu deal with each other through customary laws, which stipulate taboos of everyday life, and rituals suited to religious beliefs, funerals and weddings. During their day-to-day life, the Van Kieu are friendly, generous, hospitable and sincere. A family member's guest is considered the common guest of the family. Everyone in the community behaves well towards each other and holds high regard for credibility. If some villagers are found to be living a hard life, others take it as their responsibility to lend a helping hand to lessening their hardships, which is a fine community custom.

The Bru-Van Kieu are fond of arts and literature, and possess a valuable folklore treasure. They still retain several folk tunes, sayings, proverbs and folk tales. During festive and wedding season, Bru-Van Kieu locals play many traditional musical instruments, creating lively performances that echo through the mountains.