Listening to Quan ho folk songs, watching water puppetry, and playing traditional games - the Luy Lau Folk Culture Conservation Area offers a rich cultural space full of engaging activities for both visitors and children.

The spouse of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Le Thi Bich Tran, and the spouse of Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim, Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah binti Dr. Wan Ismail, enjoyed a water puppetry programme at the Vietnam Contemporary Art Theatre in Hanoi on July 20.

The Hanoi Amateur Water Puppet Festival 2023 will be held in late April and early May, aiming at preserving Vietnam’s unique intangible heritage and meeting the public’s demand, according to the municipal Department of Culture and Sports.

The “Vietnam, the land and the people” collection, which includes 17 artworks from young artist Nguyen Duy Duy, features Vietnamese culture, from the traditional “ao dai” to the Central Highlands’ gong culture, water puppetry, and Hue royal court music, all vividly depicted by the magic light of 3D lamps.

A special water puppetry and traditional music performance with the theme “Village stories" took place from December 1-4 in Paris to promote Vietnam’s traditional culture and raise funds for disadvantaged children in the country's remote mountainous areas.

Water puppetry performances have been a major draw at this year’s Côn Sơn - Kiếp Bạc Festival in Chí Linh city in northern Hai Duong province.

Four Vietnamese artists will head to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for water puppetry shows in four cities to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the RoK.

A Vietnamese collection imbued with Vietnamese culture dubbed 'Sounds Of Vietnamese And Colours Of Five Continents' kicked off Thailand Fashion Week in Bangkok on June 30.

A young painter has released a book telling stories about water puppetry as well as the career of artisans and artists of this traditional art.

A puppetry show has been staged recently by the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, encouraging local people to overcome the formidable challenges brought about by COVID-19.

Receiving timely and practical assistance from the Government, many performing artists have expressed their appreciation along with hope that procedures for aid reception will be carried out more quickly.

The Hanoi Amateur Water Puppetry Festival 2021 will be held on May 17 in Hanoi, aiming at promoting and preserving Vietnam’s unique intangible heritage.

The Hanoi-based Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre has launched an experimental art programme named “Trang” (The Moon) that features different types of puppetry to offer the audience a new experience of the Vietnamese culture.

In recent years, the preservation and development of water puppetry has been paid attention by many localities, including the northern province of Nam Dinh.

Artists from the Cairo Puppet Theatre will perform the ‘Isis and Osiris’ play through water puppetry, a unique art form of Vietnam, in Hanoi on March 8 and 9.

Puppetry is popular worldwide, however, water puppetry is unique in Vietnam. It originated from wet rice cultivation in Vietnam.

Vietnamese performing arts include various types, with Cheo (traditional opera), Tuong (classical drama), cai luong (reformed theatre) and water puppetry being among the most commonly performed ones.

Vietnam will talk about climate change in its play at the fifth International Puppetry Festival scheduled to be held in Hanoi from October 8 – 15.

Hanoi hopes to create a new driving force for the local culture industry, a sector with untapped potential.

Water puppetry is an art form unique to Vietnam, especially in the Red River Delta region. Join us to learn about the long-standing art form which has been preserved and developed through generations