Ho Chi Minh Water Puppet Show: A Unique Display of Vietnamese Traditional Art

Experience the captivating Ho Chi Minh Water Puppet Show, featuring traditional Vietnamese art and music. Watch as puppets come to life in a mesmerizing display of dance, music, and storytelling.

Duration: 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater - Water Puppet show : A Part of Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage. A Living Portrait of Vietn’s History and Cultrure
What's Included
  • Skip-the-line entrance
  • Guided tour available in multiple languages
  • Access to all permanent and temporary exhibitions
  • Free downloadable app for a self-guided tour
  • Exclusive discounts at the gift shop
  • Complimentary map of the venue
What's Not Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Private transportation
  • Parking fees
Additional Information
  • MUSIC PRELUDE\n+ WATER PUPPET SHOW\n\n- Flag Hoisting Ceremony\n- Master of Ceremonies: Teu\n- Dragon Performance\n- Riding a Buffalo Playing a Flute\n- Farming Scenes\n- Frogs Hunting Activities\n- Duck Husbandry and Fox Trapping\n- Angling Demonstrations\n- Lion Display\n- Phoenix Performance\n- King Le Loi’s Nautical Parade or the Renowned…
Location
Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater
55B Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 1
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(22 Ratings)
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17012806
Jan 4, 2026
Day trip to Vung Tao - The whole day tour to Vung Tao was amazing, very interesting, we saw so meny fantastic places, had very delicious lunch and at the end we relaxed on Vung Tao beach. Mr Lee, our guide was good speaking english, so kind and we had a wonderful time together. He told us a lot facts about places we visited , also about amazing Vetnam . I reccomanded Mr Lee and this tour.
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Karaleneh2025
Oct 16, 2025
Maxine’s 60th - The cyclop bike ride was very exciting and lots of fun. Mr Xia was funny and very helpful and very organised. Highly recommend the tour
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Annettekq1010jb
Oct 16, 2025
Magnificent and very enjoyable - Me Xia was an excellent guide and made our night so much fun. Everything we did was a new and exciting experience for us. Well done and very professional.
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Handymick1
Oct 8, 2025
Dinner cruise and puppet show - We had a great time, Mr Xia went over and above considering the pouring rain. He organised travel to the puppet show and then to our dinner cruise. Thank you from Australia. 6 stars out of 5
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171kerriv
Oct 8, 2025
Flavours and culture of the local community. - Xia was an amazing guide who supported us to get to the puppet show and a dinner cruise on the river. He always had a positive attitude.
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Sally
Oct 11, 2024
Exciting and terrifying not knowing the local scooter rules. - Andy, Giang and Daniel showed us the local sights. We got to taste alot of different food. It was delicious and we rode around all the little streets and back streets.
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Giustiliano
Sep 20, 2024
To see - Fun and unusual show, with puppets moving in the water accompanied by traditional music and songs
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91shanmugamm
Aug 9, 2024
Ho chi min city tour - Nice tour. We enjoyed visiting multiple places.. V is our tour guide and she is so kind and patient to walk us to many places
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Quynh_v
Feb 21, 2025
For a family with young kids - A pretty simple show. It’d be good if you have Young kids. Though it is interesting how the puppeteers maneuver, the puppets underwater. They must be holding their breath or something, which is incredible.
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Howard_m
May 7, 2025
Don't book this on here, just buy tickets at the venue - TL;DR: Don't bother with this booking, you can easily buy tickets at the theater and it's less expensive at the theater I'm not really sure what I received with this booking. I saw people buying tickets at the theater for 300-330 VND while my booking with this site was about double that price. I was told to meet them by the venue between 6pm-6:15pm so I arrived at 6:13pm. In Vietnam, most people are punctual, so I was surprised to wait about 10 minutes. When the person with the ticket finally arrived, very close to the show start time (I would have preferred to wait inside where there was air conditioning but couldn't enter without a ticket), they said I needed to walk back out to the street because they were on a motorcycle. At least deliver the ticket with some service since it's double the price! Also, the ticket I received was not a good seat so it wasn't like that (a premium seat) was what I paid for. I also requested to be somewhere that I could hear better. Fortunately, the theater staff delivered service much better than the ticket people. The show was somewhat entertaining, but not in English as mentioned in the description. So don't be a fool like me, if you want to go to the show (which I would still recommend), do not book the experience here. Just go to the theater.
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From $26
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).