14 emotional touchpoints on the journey “Road to Happiness”

Vietnam Happy Fest 2025 contributes to spreading Vietnam's message of happiness to the world. (Photo: Vu Linh) — Vietnam Happy Fest 2025 contributes to spreading Vietnam's message of happiness to the world . (Photo: Vu Linh)

With the overall concept of “The Road of Happiness”, the festival introduces a journey connecting art, community and emotions through 14 experiential spaces, stretching from Le Thai To, Dinh Tien Hoang, Hang Khay streets to Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square.

In the walking street space of Hoan Kiem Lake, a series of creative and interactive activities will bring people and tourists joyful moments, sharing and full of positive energy. Each stop is a humane story, containing messages from simple stories in life.

The “Happiness in Every Moment” cinema opens the journey with authentic films about family, work, passion, creativity, dedication and harmony between people and nature. Through each story, people and visitors feel the happiness present in the simple things around them.

The exhibition “The Road to Happiness” displays hundreds of outstanding award-winning photographs from 2023 to present, arranged around Hoan Kiem Lake. The photo collections revolve around familiar themes such as Going home is happiness, Favorite work, Art creates happiness, Happiness in sports ... The works are elaborately printed, expressed in vivid visual language, helping viewers feel diverse perspectives on Vietnamese happiness.

The “Digital Photography” experience area is an attractive stop where visitors can take personal photos with creative backgrounds while sharing positive messages about the belief and pride of “Happy Vietnam”.

The “Sending Happiness to Tomorrow” space evokes deep emotions. Here, everyone can write their wishes and drop them into the “Happy Vietnam Mailbox”. The organizers will select and share the messages as a way to spread faith and hope to the community.

The interactive and experiential product display counter is where brands introduce creative products, contributing to spreading positive life messages and connecting happy values with the community.

Simple happiness in everyday life. (Photo: Vu Linh)

The “Happiness Tree” is the central symbol of the event, where the happy moments and messages of the participants are kept. Each card is a seed of joy that contributes to creating a brilliant garden of happiness, spreading love and sharing.

The Happiness Seminar brings together many speakers, inspirational figures, and young faces in different fields. This is a space for attendees to regain balance, listen to their inner selves, and thereby nurture and spread positive things that create happiness.

“The Happy Prism” is a meeting place for generations of domestic and international photographers who have participated in Happy Vietnam competitions. Artists share their creative experiences, ways to capture moments through the lens, spreading visual art inspiration to the community, towards the Vietnam Happy 2026 photo and video competition.

The “Sculpting Happiness” space opens a creative playground for all ages. Participants can take photos, record videos, draw and share their works on social networks. This is not only a contest but also a community engagement activity, where the message “Happy Vietnam” is strongly spread and becomes a living value in the community.

The program “More than love - 80 couples with happy stories” has a profound symbolic meaning for the 80-year journey of Independence - Freedom - Happiness of the nation. 80 couples will celebrate their wedding ceremony together in a solemn and warm atmosphere, affirming the desire for happiness and love of the Vietnamese people today.

The “Sharing Happiness” activity continues with the voluntary blood donation program “Sharing Blood Drops”, spreading the spirit of charity “a drop of blood given – a life saved”. This is a symbol of true happiness, nurtured by love for humanity.

The melody of "Independence-Freedom-Happiness" brings a vibrant atmosphere through street music performances with Acoustic bands and modern dance groups. Music becomes a connecting thread, helping people immerse themselves in the flow of emotions and enjoy the joy of life.

The Vietnam Happy Concert 2025 closed the Vietnam Happy Festival with a large-scale music party. The image of a happy Vietnam was brilliantly recreated through the emotional ranges of the journey of "Independence-Freedom-Happiness", opening a new journey - Happy Vietnam 2026.

The “Light Up Happiness” ceremony took place before the closing ceremony with the announcement of a video symbolizing Vietnamese happiness, broadcast simultaneously on LED screens nationwide. This is a message of faith, solidarity and the desire to spread happiness from Vietnam to international friends.

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