Ao Dai parade honors Vietnamese heritage

The exhibition “Cultural heritage, Vietnamese landscapes and traditional handicraft products in 2025” will take place from November 21 to 24 at the Hai Phong City Culture, Cinema and Exhibition Center.

Introducing many quintessence of Vietnamese cultural heritage. Photo: Organizing Committee

According to the Vietnam Exhibition Center for Culture and Arts, the exhibition "Cultural heritage, Vietnamese landscapes and traditional handicraft products in 2025" will take place from November 21 to 24 at the Hai Phong City Culture, Cinema and Exhibition Center with many rich and meaningful activities.

The event was held on the occasion of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day, November 23, by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hai Phong City People's Committee assigned the Vietnam Exhibition Center for Culture and Arts to coordinate with relevant units; Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Department of Culture and Sports of provinces and cities: Dien Bien, Phu Tho, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Hue, Da Nang to organize.

Accordingly, the general exhibition area introduces a system of documents, artifacts and 300 art photos about heritage, including: The exhibition area shows President Ho Chi Minh's concern for national cultural heritage, displaying images of President Ho Chi Minh visiting cultural and natural heritages; documents of President Ho Chi Minh and Party and State leaders on cultural heritage.

Photo exhibition "Vietnam - Land of Heritage" with display clusters: Vietnam - Land of miraculous heritages; Vietnam - Paradise of world biosphere reserves; Vietnam - Land of human memories.

In addition, the thematic exhibition area "Colorful space of Vietnam's intangible cultural heritage" with images, documents, and artifacts introducing the colors of intangible cultural heritage, such as: Bac Ninh Quan Ho folk songs, Hue royal court music, Central Highlands Gong cultural space...

The space “Hanoi Culinary Cultural Heritage” introduces the national intangible cultural heritage: “Pho Hanoi” - Folk knowledge is the knowledge, skills, techniques and secrets of making pho that have been passed down through many generations, demonstrating the unique culinary cultural identity of the Capital.

The organizers also introduced to the public the exhibition cluster: Vietnamese calligraphy art past and present; Ao Dai with the theme "Vietnamese Ao Dai in national cultural heritage"; display and performance of light sculpture art (the story of the horse in culture from the time of nation building to the present, with the collection Thien Ma - Vien Man Dai Thanh, welcoming the year 2026 - the year of Binh Ngo).

The art exhibition "Pottery and Tea" brings visitors to the art space, telling the story of cultural heritage with artistic ceramic works and experiencing the unique features of tea culture. At the same time, it introduces the national intangible cultural heritage: the craft of making lotus tea from Quang An (Tay Ho, Hanoi), combining Tan Cuong green tea and West Lake lotus flowers to create a unique and sophisticated tea flavor, contributing to the preservation and promotion of Hanoi's culinary culture... In addition, the exhibition also displays photos of the Heritage Journey 2025, which are award-winning photos of the Heritage Photography Award - Heritage Journey 2025.

Within the framework of the exhibition activities, the Organizing Committee introduced the Vietnam Rural Tourism Promotion Space. Here, visitors have the opportunity to learn about agricultural and rural tourism in the whole country; documents promoting green rural tourism models, typical community tourism introduced by localities; typical OCOP products, handicraft products, craft village products suitable as gifts for tourism, associated with tourist destinations with typical colors of the region.

The exhibition areas of the provinces and cities: Dien Bien, Phu Tho, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Hue, Da Nang and Hai Phong, introduce typical natural cultural heritages; cultural heritages, historical relics, unique festivals, typical traditional handicrafts, culinary arts, and products of each locality.

The Ao Dai parade honoring Vietnamese heritage will take place in Hai Phong City. Photo: Organizing Committee

At the same time, the exhibition area introduces to the public Throughout the exhibition days, there are cultural and artistic exchange programs honoring many types of intangible cultural heritage, performing regional cultural heritage such as the art exchange "Shining colors", "My homeland Vietnam", the art program introducing the heritage of the Northern Communal House Cultural Space; "Festival of Traditional Folk Art Clubs" performing traditional musical instruments, folk dances, folk songs (Xam, Ca tru, Chau Van singing, Quan Ho, Xoan singing, Trong Quan, Cheo singing, Vi Giam singing, Bai Choi, Hue singing, Central Highlands gongs, Don ca tai tu...).

In particular, the parade “Honoring Vietnamese Ao Dai - Journey to spread the beauty of heritage” is a highlight in the series of activities to exchange and promote heritage and traditional culture. The program gathered a large number of artists, models, officials, women's union members, union members, youth and people of the Port City in a colorful cultural space.

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