Thang Long - Hanoi Festival 2025: Opening night with brilliant heritage colors

The event marks Hanoi City's creative efforts to promote cultural heritage resources to boost economic development.

Thang Long - Hanoi Festival will be an annual event organized by the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports under the direction of the Hanoi Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee.

Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha delivered the opening speech of Thang Long - Hanoi Festival 2025.

In her opening speech, Ms. Vu Thu Ha - Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee said that Hanoi Capital with its thousand-year tradition of civilization, the land of talented people, the place where the heroic spirit of Thang Long, the sacred soul of mountains and rivers, the place where Vietnamese intelligence crystallizes and shines, a place with a long history and a rich and diverse cultural heritage, has nurtured and promoted cultural creativity, creating quality cultural products and services.

In recent times, Hanoi has issued many mechanisms and policies to develop cultural industries in a harmonious direction between preservation and development, promoting traditional cultural values, while expanding international cooperation to improve the quality, value and cultural brand of the capital in the international arena.

“ The first Thang Long - Hanoi Festival in 2025” is a large-scale cultural and artistic event with an open creative space, where traditional cultural values are connected with the spirit of the digital age, where folk artisans meet young artists and creators to renew and enrich the Vietnamese cultural identity in the integration era,” Ms. Vu Thu Ha affirmed.

Special art performance at the opening night of Thang Long - Hanoi Festival 2025.

Immediately after that, the delegates joined a special art party with the participation of many professional actors from leading units such as Thang Long Puppetry Theatre, Hanoi Cheo Theatre, and talented artisans from communes and wards.

The art program has the theme “Heritage - Connection - Time” with 3 fascinating chapters. Chapter 1 named “Heritage” explores the history of Thang Long - Hanoi through Xam and Trong Quan melodies.

Chapter II, entitled “Heritage Connection”, demonstrates the spread of cultural quintessence, connecting cultural heritage with localities nationwide and internationally. In this chapter, the audience enjoyed the melodies of Cheo, Xam, Ca Tru in contemporary folk style, along with performances from localities such as Hat Van Hue - Cup Dance.

Chapter III, titled “The Era,” affirms the present and shapes the future, demonstrating the spirit of creating new things on the basis of preserving the old, so that Vietnamese cultural values can continuously spread.

Delegates joined in a special art party with the participation of many professional actors from leading units such as Thang Long Puppetry Theatre, Hanoi Cheo Theatre, and talented artisans from communes and wards.

The highlight of the program is the re-enactment of traditional festivals, honoring local identity through performances such as: Traditional wrestling, Con dia danh bong (Thanh Liet ward), Cheo Tau dance (O Dien commune), Bai Bong dance (Phu Xuyen commune), Giao Long dance (Viet Hung ward), Ai Lao dance (Phuc Loi ward) and sitting tug of war (Long Bien ward).

The program gathered famous artists such as: People's Artist Thu Huyen, Meritorious Artist Van Ty, Ca Nuong Kieu Anh, Trong Tan, Tung Duong, Anh Tu, Meritorious Artist Dieu Hang, Meritorious Artist Nhu Huynh, along with Xam Ha Thanh Group and Ca Tru Thai Ha Group. All of them created lively performances, blending tradition and modernity.

Some pictures at the opening ceremony: