Sidewalk iced tea, street cries... on stage at the closing ceremony of the Thang Long

Festival Thăng Long - Hà Nội - Ảnh 1. — Individuals and groups honored at the closing ceremony of Thang Long - Hanoi Festival 2025 - Photo: T.DIEU

The Thang Long - Hanoi Festival 2025 officially ended at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square on the evening of November 16, after half a month of exciting activities at many relics and cultural centers in Hanoi.

Bringing street vendors and the 36 streets of Hanoi to the stage

On the closing night, in addition to the brief ceremony to present awards to individuals and units participating in the festival, the festival summary report is a rather elaborate artistic part to show off many of Hanoi's cultural heritages, from music to craft village heritages.

The audience enjoyed everything from the melodies of hat van, xam, ca tru, dances honoring the quintessence of rattan, bamboo and weaving crafts, to new songs praising Hanoi performed by young singers with charming styles such as the song Dan Da (composed by Thai Duong) and Ha Noi Light up City (composed by Duong Cam).

With the song "Dan Da" (sung by Pham Anh Duy), an entire "street food army" of Hanoi was brought onto the stage, along with the night cries of street vendors selling rustic, rustic food...

And right from the performance Xam Thang Long Bay Len, the audience was very excited to hear the first sounds of the program, which were the street vendors' cries - a "specialty" of Hanoi's streets.

All of this created a dense cultural heritage atmosphere for the closing ceremony, which is also the entire festival over the past half month.

Festival Thăng Long - Hà Nội - Ảnh 2. — In the Folk performance by Pham Anh Duy, the director seemed to bring all 36 streets of Hanoi onto the stage - Photo: T.DIEU

Right from the opening performance of the closing ceremony of Thang Long - Hanoi Festival, the audience was very excited when it started with the night cries - Photo: T.DIEU
200,000 guests experienced

According to the organizers, the Thang Long - Hanoi Festival 2025 attracted nearly 200,000 visitors and nearly 1 million views via social networks.

Not only stopping at activities honoring domestic heritage, especially Hanoi's, the festival also has the participation of the international community, with tug-of-war associations from Korea (Gijisi Tug-of-war Association, Dangjin City, Korea) participating in performing tug-of-war rituals and games.

International workshop and exchange on performance of tug-of-war rituals and games (celebrating the 10th anniversary of UNESCO's inscription); and the art program Eternal Moments at the Hanoi Museum with the participation of Swiss composer Dominique Barthassat.

Notably, the longest and largest puppetry festival ever with 19 puppetry troupes and nearly 800 actors, artists, and artisans, attracted a large number of people in the capital and international tourists .

At the Thang Long - Hanoi Festival 2026 , Hanoi city hopes that heritage will not only be present but also have equal dialogue, share values, and enrich each other's identity through vibrant artistic and cultural exchange activities.