What are symbolic of the Vietnamese culture?

I'm about to get my first tattoo. I was thinking of getting something to do with my heritage. I'm Vietnamese, so I was wondering what would be symbolic to Vietnam and the culture. Some ideas i had were dragons & phoenix's. I was wondering if Kaun Ti (the war god) is part of Vietnamese culture. Also what are the characteristics of the Vietnamese dragon, I read somewhere they have less claws and heads are smaller or some sort like that.