Immerse yourself in the festive atmosphere

Ho Chi Minh City Youth Festival (Youth Fest) 2025 over three weekend days (from March 21 to 23) for young people and tourists to immerse themselves in many vibrant spaces of the city's youth.

Young foreign delegates visit cultural experience booths of various countries at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Festival 2025 - Photo: THANH HIEP

Even before the opening ceremony, the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House and Pham Ngoc Thach Street (District 1) were crowded with visitors, immersing themselves in the colorful atmosphere of the festival.

On the weekend, our group made an appointment to go to the festival and enjoyed immersing ourselves in the music space, experiencing the cultures of other countries, and learning about technologies that are increasingly useful for life, study, and work.

Ms. TANG BICH LOAN (20 years old)

Adapt to assert and excel

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union Truong Minh Tuoc Nguyen said the festival is an outstanding cultural event of the city for young people in March every year. The activities of the festival clearly reflect the crystallization of the movement and activities that have been effectively implemented by the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union and all levels of the City Youth Union for many years.

This is an opportunity to look back on the development, creativity and dedication of the city's young generation. "The message "New Generation - Adaptation - Connection and Sharing", the spaces, activities and events of the festival help affirm the bravery, intelligence, creativity and integration of the young generation", Mr. Nguyen shared.

Young people can choose for themselves an experience space such as "Five Armies" recalling the historical moment when the forces entered to take over the city and unify the country. That place also recreates the classes at Dinh Mountain, a historical site associated with the revolutionary movement, which trained many loyal soldiers.

Along with that is the "Historical Films" space with many typical films about the history of the country and youth.

Each day of the festival has its own theme and events: Creativity to excel, Identity - integration to excel, Connection to excel... continuing to affirm the determination of the city's youth to promote their bravery, intelligence, creativity, constantly strive, contributing to building a civilized, modern and deeply integrated city.

Every evening there is a vibrant cultural program with the participation of many artists and young people immersing themselves in the vibrant musical space.

Mr. Nguyen said 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30), an important milestone to look back on the glorious journey.

Thereby strongly affirming the role of the city's youth in fostering, preserving, inheriting and promoting traditional values ​​in the process of protecting, building and developing Ho Chi Minh City, spreading the aspiration to rise up and pioneer in contributing to the country's development in the new era.

Young people come to have fun and experience the booths displayed at the festival - Photo: NGOC TRAM

Spread green living from festivals

The "Green Vietnam" booth of Tuoi Tre newspaper at the festival attracted many visitors, who scanned QR codes to experience games to learn about environmentally friendly products. Many people were interested in learning about cups made from coffee grounds as well as other biological products serving life.

"Just hearing the name Vietnam Xanh is like a reminder to change the habit of limiting the use of disposable plastic products. This is very necessary to reduce the impact on the living environment for the health of everyone and yourself," said Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Ha, who visited the booth with three friends.

At the booth collecting old clothes and old batteries, many people brought their old clothes to exchange for small, pretty succulent pots. Bich Tram, who just sent in a bag of old clothes, said that she heard about the booth the day before so she went home to sort out her clothes.

"It's happier because the good ones will be donated to the places in need, the older ones will be recycled, rather than just throwing them away," Tram laughed.

Meanwhile, students from the Faculty of Anthropology (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City) introduced Vietnamese traditions through traditional cakes.

Ngoc Tue said she wanted to introduce Vietnamese traditional cakes to many people because they are not only associated with childhood memories but also a part of national tradition.

Nearby, the Japanese cultural booth was quite prominent with lanterns and young people in summer yukata costumes interacting, creating a lively atmosphere. Many students came to participate in creative workshops such as making keychains, modeling clay, and coloring pictures of Japanese cartoon characters.

Le Hoang Long (a student of Japanese Studies at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City) said that displaying and introducing Japanese culture is also practicing what he has learned.

"Right from the greetings and thanks, we also do it in a more serious manner. We hope that each person who comes to the booth will experience the delicate Japanese handicrafts and at the same time express their creativity," Long said.

Towards global citizens

This year’s Ho Chi Minh City Youth Festival also welcomed young people from Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore. At the same time, many seminars, workshops and forums were held, connecting young people at home and abroad to become global citizens.

The workshops at the festival offered many interesting experiences. Tran Minh Nhat (18 years old) said he really enjoyed the workshops at each booth and found them very interesting.

"I walked around and saw that the event space was extremely vibrant with many clubs and activities, making my weekend and my friends' more fun than other weeks," Nhat expressed.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/dam-minh-trong-khong-gian-le-hoi-20250323093926087.htm