14 plays participating in the "National Tuong and Folk Opera Festival

“National Tuong and Folk Opera Festival - 2025” takes place from November 17 - 26, 2025 in Hanoi at Kim Ma Theater - Vietnam National Traditional Theater (71 Kim Ma, Hanoi).

The festival was organized by the Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in coordination with the Vietnam Stage Artists Association, the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports and relevant units, with the participation of nearly 1,000 artists and actors from 10 art units nationwide.

The representative of the Department of Performing Arts said that the Festival is an artistic activity of special significance, aiming to honor traditional artistic values imbued with national cultural identity, helping the audience understand and love Tuong and Folk Opera theater more - two typical art forms, rich in aesthetic values and philosophy of life of the Vietnamese people; Honoring artists, authors, directors, and units with outstanding contributions in preserving and creating traditional theatrical forms.

Through the Festival, art units have the opportunity to perform unique Tuong and folk opera plays with a contemporary feel, but still retain the traditional core, contributing to building an advanced Vietnamese stage with a strong national identity, aiming at the goal of developing culture for the people and arousing the aspiration for a prosperous and happy Vietnam. Affirming the value of the national intangible cultural heritage of Tuong (hat boi) and folk opera (folk opera melodies such as bai choi, Hue opera, etc.).

According to the Organizing Committee, the Festival is open to professional Tuong and Folk Opera art units, both public and private, across the country. Artists and actors participating in the Festival must be Vietnamese citizens, working professionally at art units that meet the regulations of the Organizing Committee.

The plays participating in the Festival must ensure clear ideological themes, not contrary to the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies; not insult leaders, national heroes, celebrities; not violate the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals; promote beauty, humanistic values, be predictive, have a positive impact on social life; contribute to building a well-rounded Vietnamese person, arouse the aspiration to develop a prosperous and happy country, promote the strength of Vietnamese culture and people in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

According to the regulations, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will award noble prizes to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements, including: Outstanding Prize for plays and Outstanding Prize for performing artists; Gold Medals, Silver Medals for plays and artists meeting the artistic criteria according to the Judging Regulations; Outstanding Prizes for creative elements such as: Scriptwriters, directors, musicians, and designers.

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