Cutural Exchange

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.

A special concert entitled “The Symphony of Time” will offer Vietnamese audiences a rare opportunity to witness the extraordinary artistry of world-renowned opera diva Diana Damrau, alongside a distinguished line-up of international and Vietnamese performers.

On the evening of July 4, at the public space of King Ly Thai To Flower Garden near by Hoan Kiem lake, the Ha Noi Department of Culture and Sports will present the artistic programme "Crescendo – Symphony Connecting". The programme is part of the Crescendo International Music Festival & Competition 2026 (CIMFC 2026).

The “Viet Nam Day in Skopje 2026” event has been held in the heart of Skopje, bringing Viet Nam’s cultural heritage and contemporary image closer to the people of North Macedonia and international visitors.

A Viet Nam–Republic of Korea (RoK) film about Vietnamese Olympic champion shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh was unveiled at a ceremony on June 29.

A film screening accompanied by a photo exhibition was held at a cinema under the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra on the evening of June 28, offering audiences an immersive cultural experience highlighting the beauty of Viet Nam's landscapes, heritage and people.

An exhibition, featuring works by three generations of artists—from senior masters to mid-career and emerging painters— of the Lijiang Painting School and by painters from the Viet Nam Fine Arts Association, officially opened at the Viet Nam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Ha Noi on June 28.

The Belarus Film Days in Viet Nam 2026 officially opened on June 26 at the National Cinema Centre in Ha Noi. The event is jointly organised by the Viet Nam Cinema Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, National Film Studio of Belarus (Belarusfilm), and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held its annual Friendship Melodies programme at Suoi Tien Cultural Tourism Park on June 27, bringing together local residents and international friends to celebrate cultural diversity and strengthen people-to-people ties.

On June 26, the Korean Cultural Centre in Viet Nam announced that it would cooperate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Korea Creative Content Agency to organise the 2026 K-Comics Origin Viet Nam exhibition from June 30 to August 28 at 49 Nguyen Du Street, Hai Ba Trung Ward, Ha Noi.

On June 26, the Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace, in coordination with the Embassy of Viet Nam in France and the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France, presented a collection of representative documents and photographs highlighting the life and career of President Ho Chi Minh and the Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace in the city of Montreuil.

With one hand holding her mobile phone in video recording mode and the other outstretched to prevent anyone from walking in front of her, Valentina Tereshkova was determined to capture every note of the flute performance by Tran Dinh Hung, a Vietnamese student studying in Saint Petersburg.

The thematic exhibition “From the patriotic young man Nguyen Tat Thanh to Ho Chi Minh - a symbol of national liberation” and Viet Nam Culture Day in Greece were officially opened in Athens, Greece, on June 24.

Meritorious Artist To Nga has achieved a new milestone in her career by becoming the only Vietnamese individual to be honoured with a gold cup at the April Spring Friendship Art Festival, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s prestigious annual international arts festival.

Around 250 young artists from Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam’s Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Noi and Da Nang will be competing in the 2026 Young Artists Friendship Festival and Competition (YAFF) in Da Nang from June 26 to 28.

The third edition of the “Melodies of Friendship” international cultural festival was held in Artyom city of Russia’s Primorye region on June 23, bringing together various ethnic communities to celebrate cultural diversity in the country’s Far East.

The third “Melody of Friendship” international cultural festival was held in Artyom city in Russia’s Primorye region, bringing together ethnic communities from various countries living, working and studying in Russia’s Far East, including Viet Nam.