Cutural Exchange

The Saigon Professional Chefs Association and the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association, in coordination with China's LiangZhiLong Food Group, recently organised the Viet Nam-China Culinary Quintessence Exchange 2026, featuring a cooking competition between professional chefs from the two countries.

The 2026 Viet Nam – Republic of Korea (RoK) Festival officially opened at Bien Dong Park on August 7.

At the invitation of Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Viet NamShovgi Mehdizada and the organisers of Azerbaijan Cinema Day, a delegation from the Viet Nam Film Institute participated in a series of events celebrating Azerbaijan's national cinema.

Growing interest from international media outlets and global entertainment companies is creating new opportunities for Vietnamese popular music (V-pop) to strengthen its position and steadily expand its presence in the global market.

The eighth Viet Nam-Laos-Cambodia Children’s Festival opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 28, bringing together young delegates from the three neighbouring countries to strengthen friendship, cultural exchange and mutual understanding.

‘Beyond the Broken Bridge’ is a film project exploring a young member of the Vietnamese diaspora’s journey to define personal identity, heal emotional wounds, and reconnect with their roots. To offer readers a deeper insight into the cultural intersections at the heart of this production, Thoi Nay (Today) — a publication of Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper — spoke with German director and screenwriter Kristina Schippling, the film’s co-director.

The closing ceremony of Viet Nam Summer Camp 2026 took place in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on July 24 evening, wrapping up a two-week journey that brought together over 100 young overseas Vietnamese from 32 countries and territories.

La Traviata, the more than 170-year-old opera masterpiece by composer Giuseppe Verdi, will be staged by Ho Guom Theatre for the first time, in collaboration with the Giuseppe Verdi Trieste Opera House, featuring more than 100 Italian artists in two performances, on July 30 and 31.

On July 22, the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Promotion Centre and the Ho Chi Minh City Arts Centre held a ceremony to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for the 2026–2030 period, with the aim of enhancing the promotion of the city's image through the development of cultural tourism, creative industries and cultural industries.

The Vietnamese community in the southern German state of Bavaria (Bayern) attended the Augsburg Multicultural Summer Festival 2026 as the guest of honour on July 18, helping to promote the image of Viet Nam and its people while strengthening people-to-people exchanges.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on July 18 organised a screening of the Vietnamese film “Mua Do” (Red Rain), attracting more than 300 participants from 21 agencies, organisations, businesses, and the Vietnamese community in Laos.

The city of Hue, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK), organised a roadshow in Seoul on July 18, showcasing Hue’s culture, tourism, cuisine, and traditional craft villages.

On July 16, to mark the 205th anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Peru, the Embassy of Peru in Viet Nam, in collaboration with JW Marriott Hotel & Suites Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, held a reception to open a culinary festival titled “Peru: A Symphony of Flavours.”

The Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Viet Nam is hosting a solo exhibition of award-winning Japanese artist Takahashi Kazuma titled “Package Craft – The Evolution of an Empty Box’.

A special symphony concert celebrating cultural ties between Viet Nam and China was held at Trung Vuong Theatre in Da Nang on the evening of July 10 as part of the tour of “Evergreen Friendship”, a symphonic work jointly composed by musicians from the two countries.

The Korean Cultural Centre in Viet Nam announced on July 9 that it will join hands with the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and the Seoul Newspaper to organise K-pop Lovers Festival 2026 — a festival for K-pop fans — on July 11-12 at the Tran Nhan Tong Pedestrian Street in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. Admission is free.

The Da Nang City People's Committee held the opening ceremony of the Viet Nam-Japan Festival 2026 in Da Nang City on July 9.

Since late 2025, the outdoor space by Hoan Kiem Lake has regularly hosted performances by professional artists of outstanding artistic quality. This initiative is part of Ha Noi's efforts to enhance public access to and appreciation of culture.

Together with the cultural exchange and people-to-people exchange activities organised in Poland, the Viet Nam Cultural Festival in the city of Wroclaw provides an important and practical means of promoting the friendship and bilateral cooperation between Viet Nam and Poland in the fields of economy, trade, investment, and tourism.

On the morning of July 6, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Party Central Committee member and Minister Lam Thi Phuong Thanh presided over the ceremony to present the Commemorative Medal "For the Cause of Culture, Sports and Tourism" to Saadi Salama, Ambassador of Palestine to Viet Nam.