The first Spring Fair 2026 opened on February 2 at the National Exposition Centre in Dong Anh commune, Ha Noi, becoming a major cultural, economic and social highlight of the Lunar New Year season.

Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh attended a ceremony in Ha Noi on November 30 to announce the selection of 50 outstanding Vietnamese literary and performing arts works created since national reunification on April 30, 1975.

The creative and performing arts sector is facing high demands for copyright protection for artists and works. From stage, music to online programmes... the issue of intellectual property protection has become a key factor, determining the path of sustainable development in the digital age.

Ha Noi is home to numerous theatres and artistic units, including six municipal theatres alongside many centrally-run theatres, private artistic organisations, and traditional art clubs. This presents favourable conditions for developing performing arts into a key pillar of the cultural industry.

A contemporary Vietnamese hip-hop performance, 129BPM, will be showcased at the 2025 George Town Festival in Malaysia, the leading performing arts festival in Asia.

With a population of only about 34,000, living mainly in the western part of Quang Ngai Province, the Co ethnic community possesses a remarkable wealth of folk culture, including housing architecture, folk tales, visual arts, performing arts, and traditional knowledge.

After more than 20 years of practice in the country, performing arts is still a new, young and less supported form. Although they have not been formally trained at art schools or museums, performing artists are still practicing creativity, expanding opportunities for contact and exchange across the region and the world.