Water puppetry, a distinctive Vietnamese art and an intangible cultural heritage of Vietnamese people, has come closer to international friends thanks to efforts made by water puppet artist Phan Thanh ...

Puppeteers have delighted audiences across Asia for centuries, but in Vietnam this folk tradition has a special twist: Both the puppeteers and their lacquered wooden puppets perform in chest-deep ...

Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art, believed to be more than 1000 years old. A guide book says “Not watching a performance of water puppetry means not visiting Vietnam yet.” Vietnamese ...

Vietnamese president's spouse Phan Thi Thanh Tam and her German counterpart Elke Büdenbender enjoyed a traditional water puppetry performance in Hanoi Tuesday. The two ladies immersed themselves in a ...

In many cultures, puppets have been used to tell stories and folktales. Most forms of puppetry involve dolls controlled by puppeteers performing on a stage. In Vietnam, that stage is a pool of water.