The 7 Best Water Puppet Shows in Vietnam

1.Water Puppet Show Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 7,029 reviews · 50 min · from $7Our pick

Reserve a 50-minute Hanoi Water Puppet Show before your visit, then exchange your voucher for a physical ticket at 31 Lo Su, 30 minutes before the performance. Choose a showtime and seat category, enjoy colorful puppets, folk stories, and live Vietnamese music, and add an audio guide at the theater for 50,000 VND.

“Loved water puppet show. Never seen anything like it. Very glad I decided to do this. Should be an experience on everyone’s list.”

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2.Water Puppet Show Ticket with Hotel Delivery Add-On

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,554 reviews · 50 min · from $7

Spend 50 minutes at Hanoi’s Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, watching Vietnamese legends, village life, music, and singing performed by puppets across a water stage. Reserve ahead for better seats and avoid the venue ticket queue. Collect tickets 30 minutes before the show, or choose hotel delivery and arrange the details with the local operator.

“The staffs were very quick and professional! Extremely kind! The show puppet was awesomeeee”

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3.Thang Long Water Puppet Show Ticket – Skip The Line

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 836 reviews · 50 min · from $7

Collect your Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre ticket at 78 Hang Quat 30 minutes before showtime, then enjoy a 50-minute performance of Vietnamese legends, village life, music, and comic puppet scenes. The show is in Vietnamese, with optional audio guides available at the theatre for 50,000 VND.

“Wow, really interesting show. I did not get the audio guide but understood what was going on. Humorous and cute. Definitely recommend :)”

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4.Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 414 reviews · from $8

Meet at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre on Hoan Kiem Lake for a one-hour performance of Vietnamese folk stories told by puppets moving across the water. Choose standard, deluxe, or VIP seating. Prebooking can save time when shows sell out, though the theater entrance may still feel crowded.

“We booked tickets at the last minute for our final night in Hanoi. We were not sure what to expect, but we were pleasantly surprised. The artistry of the show was amazing! The musicians and puppeteers did an incredible job of sharing Vietnamese stories. Really well done!”

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5.Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 386 reviews · from $7

Book a one-hour water puppet performance at Hanoi’s Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre. Choose a showtime and standard, deluxe, or VIP seating, then redeem your voucher at 57B Đinh Tiên Hoàng. Expect puppets moving across water, live Vietnamese music, storytelling, and an optional audio guide.

“Place worth visiting while in Hanoi. The show is really nice, actors are so professional, the musicians amazing.”

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6.Thang Long Water Puppet Show Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 329 reviews · 1 hour · from $8

You’ll watch a one-hour Vietnamese water puppet performance at Hanoi’s Thang Long Theatre, with live musicians, singers, traditional dances, and short scenes about village life, legends, romance, and children at play. Shows run at several times, and your voucher is exchanged for a physical ticket before the performance.

“Wasn’t a tour just a show, they had our tickets ready with my name on them, very easy.”

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7.Saigon Evening: Water Puppet Show & Dinner Cruise Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 38 reviews · from $72Top rated

Spend about four hours pairing a 45-minute Golden Dragon water puppet show with dinner aboard a Saigon River cruise. Pickup and drop-off are included from District 1, along with an English-speaking guide, car or minivan transport, and a choice of Vietnamese or Western food. A booking may include guide Tom and driver Jerry, though staff can vary.

“water puppet show was very enjoyable even though didn’t understand the story as it was all in Vietnamese didn’t effect the overall experience as very cultural … the cruise and dinner was very good would of been better if we arrived earlier as didn’t have much time to experience the view as we were eating but would definitely recommend.”

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