Hanoi int’l puppetry festival hoped to entice Vietnamese back to traditional art
The Vietnamese centuries-old art form is loved by foreign tourists but facing disinterest by local people
Artist opens Vietnam’s first solo puppetry museum
A veteran artist, who pioneers contemporary solo puppetry in Vietnam, has opened the country’s first such museum
Vietnam puppetry play wins Grand Prix at Bangkok festival
A puppetry play by Vietnamese artists has earned the Grand Prix at the Harmony World Puppet Carnival, which closed in Bangkok, Thailand on November 10.
Vietnam opens $330,000 water puppetry theater
A water puppetry theater, which cost VND7 billion (US$330,000), has opened to the public since Wednesday in central Vietnam
Water puppetry to be showcased for 1st time at Vietnam fest in Japan
A festival featuring Vietnam’s cultural and tourism highlights is set to take place in Tokyo later this month
Andersen’s tales retold in Vietnamese water puppetry
A play which fuses Andersen’s most beloved fairy tales with Vietnam’s famous water puppetry will be taken to Paris late next month to kick off the 2014 Vietnam Year in France.