{"id":30098,"date":"2025-10-01T15:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sovhtt.hanoi.gov.vn\/en\/?p=30098"},"modified":"2026-01-04T15:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:59:49","slug":"thang-long-water-puppet-theatre-performs-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sovhtt.hanoi.gov.vn\/en\/thang-long-water-puppet-theatre-performs-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre Performs in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sovhtt.hanoi.gov.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-600x349.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung and the Vietnamese delegation took a commemorative photo at the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Festival in Japan on May 31, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Vietnam Festival in Japan was first held in 2008. Since then, it has become an annual event and a unique Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange, eagerly anticipated by the Vietnamese community in Japan and Japanese friends who love Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sovhtt.hanoi.gov.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-600x351.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>Artists from Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre and leaders of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports took commemorative photos during their tour in Japan \u2013 Photo: Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Vietnam Festival in Japan featured a wide range of activities in the fields of trade and culture, offering rich experiences of both Vietnamese and Japanese cultures. At the same time, it served as an opportunity to strengthen connections and promote economic, trade, investment, cultural, and tourism cooperation between the two countries in the coming period.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sovhtt.hanoi.gov.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/5-600x389.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre performed at the 2025 Vietnam Festival in Japan \u2013 Photo: Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre was honored to participate in the festival with its art program titled \u201cDeep Affection of Vietnam-Japan Friendship.\u201d The performance was composed of two parts.<\/p>\n<p>Part I, lasting about 30 minutes, featured signature water puppet performances associated with the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre\u2019s brand, such as \u201cTeu Opens the Show,\u201d \u201cDragon Dance,\u201d \u201cBuffalo Boy Playing the Flute,\u201d \u201cRice Planting, Plowing, and Water Scooping,\u201d \u201cFrog Catching,\u201d \u201cFishing,\u201d \u201cPhoenix Dance,\u201d and \u201cDance of the Four Sacred Animals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sovhtt.hanoi.gov.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-600x465.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Thang Long Waer Puppet Theatre performed at the 2025 Vietnam Festival in Japan \u2013 Photo: Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Part II, lasting 50 minutes, was a comprehensive program of traditional music and dance celebrating the homeland, the country of Vietnam, and its distinctive cultural traits. It included performances such as the combination of puppetry and monochord \u201cVietnam &#8211; Brocade of Flowers,\u201d the T\u2019rung and Krongput ensemble \u201cSpring Arrives &#8211; The Bird of Good News,\u201d puppet performances \u201cRed Bauhinia Blossoms\u201d and \u201cSpring Festival,\u201d and the ritual singing and dance \u201cCo Be Thuong Ngan\u201d (The Mountain Maiden).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sovhtt.hanoi.gov.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-600x372.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre performed at the 2025 Vietnam Festival in Japan \u2013 Photo: Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The performances were elaborately and creatively staged, modern yet preserving Vietnam\u2019s distinctive cultural values, reflecting the delicate blend between traditional water puppetry and Vietnamese folk music. The program featured artists Meritorious Artist Thanh Hien, Meritorious Artist Duc Hung, Meritorious Artist Le Thu Huyen, as well as artists Nguyen Dang Nhan, Nguyen Van Phuc, Duong Van Phuong, Pham Duc Duy, Tran Ngoc Linh, and others. The performances drew great attention and enthusiasm from Japanese audiences.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sovhtt.hanoi.gov.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7-600x394.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre performed at the 2025 Vietnam Festival in Japan \u2013 Photo: Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sharing about the event, Director of Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, People\u2019s Artist Tran Thanh Hien, said: \u201cParticipating in the Vietnam Festival in Japan is a great honor and pride for the artists and performers of Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre. It contributes to promoting cultural exchange and introducing Vietnamese traditional art in general, and water puppetry in particular, to the Japanese people and international friends. In recent years, Vietnamese water puppetry has become an attractive tourism product that draws many international visitors. We hope that through this performance, Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre will continue to spread the beauty of traditional art &#8211; especially Vietnamese puppetry &#8211; to Japanese audiences, thereby attracting more Japanese tourists to Vietnam and the capital city, Hanoi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung and the Vietnamese delegation took a commemorative photo at the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Festival in Japan on May 31, 2025. The Vietnam Festival in Japan was first held in 2008. 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