Hanoi Folk Song, Dance and Music Festival 2025: Preserving and spreading traditional cultural values

In order to preserve and promote traditional folk culture and art forms of the capital and the whole country, and at the same time improve the quality of mass cultural and artistic movements, on November 11, the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports organized the final round of the Hanoi Folk Song, Dance and Music Festival 2025 at the Hanoi Cultural Center and Library with the theme "Folk Colors".

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Final round of the 2025 Hanoi Folk Song, Dance and Music Festival at the Hanoi Cultural Center and Library with the theme "Folk Colors". Photo: Thanh Tung

The festival is organized in accordance with the spirit of Resolution No. 15-NQ/TW of the Politburo on the direction and tasks of developing Hanoi Capital to 2030, with a vision to 2045; and Resolution No. 09-NQ/TU of the Hanoi Party Committee on developing cultural industry in the 2021-2025 period, with a vision to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

The event aims to honor the good values of folk culture - where the quintessence of art of the regions crystallizes, at the same time connecting the past with the present, conveying the spirit of preserving heritage to the younger generation. The festival is also an opportunity to honor outstanding collectives and individuals in the grassroots cultural and artistic movement, thereby contributing to building an elegant and civilized Hanoian in the period of integration and development.

Director of the Center for Culture and Library (Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports ) Tran Tuan Anh speaks. Photo: Thanh Tung.

Speaking at the festival, Director of the Center for Culture and Library (Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports) Tran Tuan Anh said that the Hanoi Folk Song, Dance and Music Festival 2025 is an important cultural event, aiming to honor, preserve and promote the unique folk cultural values of the thousand-year-old capital.
The capital Hanoi is a place where the quintessence of national culture converges, where many rich folk songs and dances are preserved and spread, such as: ca tru singing, cheo singing, xam singing, quan ho singing, drum-bong dance, senh tien dance, folk dance of the plains and midlands, etc. Each melody contains the national soul, expressing love for the homeland, the country and the Vietnamese people.

This year’s festival brings together hundreds of actors, artists, students, officials and people from the city’s wards and communes. With the theme “Folk Colors”, the festival is not only an opportunity for units to exchange and learn, but also an opportunity to preserve, nurture and spread the values of folk art to today’s young generation.

According to the Organizing Committee, the festival’s participants are art nuclei, artisans, and non-professional actors who are living, working, and studying in communes and wards in the city. Each unit competes with 3 performances, totaling 15 minutes, with genres of folk songs, folk dances, and folk music – including melodies, folk dances, and traditional musical instrument ensembles… bearing the identity of the regions of the capital and the country.

Some performances at the opening ceremony of the festival. Photo: Thanh Tung.

The content of the performances aims to praise the Party, Uncle Ho, love for the homeland and country; honor the tradition of solidarity and attachment between ethnic groups; reflect the aspiration for a prosperous and happy life, the spirit of mastering nature and praise the capital Hanoi - the "Cultured - Civilized - Modern" city on the journey of integration and development.

On the morning of November 11, the teams of 7 communes and wards including: Ha Dong, Thanh Liet, Xuan Phuong, Thanh Tri, Quang Bi, Thuong Phuc, Soc Son... brought special performances.

After the final round, the Organizing Committee will award First, Second, Third, Consolation and Special prizes to outstanding units and performances.

Through the Festival, Hanoi not only affirms its role as a major cultural center of the country but also spreads the message: preserving heritage is not only preserving the past, but also a way to foster the identity and pride of Hanoians today.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/lien-hoan-dan-ca-dan-vu-dan-nhac-ha-noi-nam-2025-gin-giu-va-lan-toa-gia-tri-van-hoa-truyen-thong-722893.html