The Thang Long - Hanoi Festival 2025 takes place from November 1 to November 16, with many events honoring the thousand-year heritage value of the Capital at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam, Ngoc Son Temple, Hanoi Museum and Hoan Kiem Lake area.
In particular, within the framework of the week taking place at Thai Hoc Park, Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam, the event attracted many domestic and foreign tourists to experience. In particular, many international tourists could not hide their excitement and surprise when experiencing the typical cultural beauty of Vietnam for the first time.
The first day they arrived in Vietnam and also the first time the two Spanish tourists attended a cultural festival in Hanoi. Despite the rainy and humid weather, both said they felt comfortable and that did not affect the tour too much.
Mr. Esteve Comas said that the two had known about the festival through social networking sites when searching for special attractions in Hanoi. In addition to admiring ancient architecture, the two women expressed their interest in handicraft stalls with many beautiful display products.
Compared to festivals in her home country, Camer Oliver said that in Spain, there are also many traditional festivals honoring agriculture or local products, handicrafts. She assessed that through the festival experience at the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam, Vietnam is doing a very good job in spreading and preserving traditional cultural values to international friends.
Through festivals as well as the experience trip to Vietnam, I find that the lifestyle, cuisine and beliefs of Eastasians have many interesting differences compared to Western countries like us, Ms. Carme added.
The special attraction of Vietnamese culture in the eyes of international friends also comes from the values that are being strongly spread through sophisticated and beautiful products strongly conveyed at the heritage festival in the heart of the thousand-year-old Thang Long.
Tourists from Marseille, southern France, Coline Chevallier shared that she was most impressed with the traditional handicraft booth, especially ceramics, a product with many beautiful patterns imbued with Vietnamese culture.
I really like your traditional ao dai when combined with conical hats, everything is very charming and lively, she said.
When mentioning traditional Vietnamese costumes, Coline reminds her of the festivals of "Danse Provençale" and "Fete de la Saint-Jean" unique in the province where she lives. At this festival, the French in their colorful traditional costumes held hands, immersing themselves in folk melodies and dancing around the fire.
Meanwhile, Marine Castagnol from France especially loves the color of traditional costumes along with graceful hats, blending with many handicrafts and cuisine in the festival space, helping foreign guests like her understand more about Vietnamese culture.
The festival to honor traditional Vietnamese culture and customs is very special and interesting. Not only the items at the festival, but also the image of Vietnamese people being very friendly, always smiling and proud, spreading their cultural values very closely, she expressed.
Coming to the Thang Long - Hanoi Festival, from November 1 to November 16, at the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam, Ho Van, Thanh Thang Long Imperial City, Hoan Kiem Lake area, Hanoi Museum, visitors can refer to some outstanding activities such as the exhibition "Heritage and Future", "Hanoi Thanh Tan"; performing folk music art, water puppetry; fashion "Ao Dai on the heritage road"; Hanoi Ao Dai tourism festival, Hanoi open puppetry festival, Traditional tug of war ceremony.
