The Thang Long - Hanoi Festival 2025 will take place from November 1 to 16 across several of the capital’s most iconic cultural venues.
Organized for the first time, the festival aims to honor the thousand-year cultural heritage of Thang Long - Hanoi, spreading the spirit of “Heritage - Connection - Era” while reaffirming the city’s position within UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network.
Ms. Le Thi Anh Mai, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, shared that the Thang Long - Ha Noi Festival will become an annual event and serve as a special highlight of the year to attract visitors.
“The festival will demonstrate Hanoi's responsibility to preserve cultural heritage — not through rigid conservation, but by creatively integrating modern elements, turning traditional values into inspiration for culture, arts, tourism, production, and services," Ms. Mai added. "This is also part of the city’s roadmap to build Hanoi into a creative hub of Southeast Asia, where heritage lives and evolves with the times — where core cultural values harmonize with modern life and develop together."
The 16-day festival will take place across multiple venues symbolizing Hanoi’s rich heritage and creativity, such as Thang Long Imperial Citadel, Ngoc Son Temple, the Temple of Literature – Quoc Tu Giam, Hanoi Museum, and Hoan Kiem Lake, featuring over 30 cultural, artistic, and tourism activities.
This year’s festival also marks the 10th anniversary of the Tug-of-War Ritual and Game, since it was officially recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
In addition to the international symposium “A Decade of Safeguarding and Promoting the Tug-of-War Ritual and Game” (November 15), the event will feature cultural exchanges and live tug-of-war performances with the participation of foreign teams, including South Korea, as well as 10 heritage-practicing communities from various provinces and cities across Vietnam — including Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Lao Cai, Ninh Binh, Phu Tho, and Hanoi.
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