After nearly a month, the first edition of Culture and Sea Tourism Festival ended recently, leaving a good impression on local people and tourists. With nearly 40 activities ranging from cultural events, music programs, sports competitions, food festivals, environmental protection, etc., the 2025 Culture and Sea Tourism Festival is truly an appealing and colorful festival.
A festival for public
Culture and Sea Tourism Festival 2025 included a lot of activities designed for local people and tourists. The main stage of the main events and programs of the festival was designed and arranged mostly at 2-4 Square (Nha Trang Ciy) and Tran Phu Street in order to create a spacious space for locals and tourists to see the performances conveniently. It also helped to increase the connection and engagement between artists and spectators. This design and arrangement were well received and supported by the public via social media sites.
Design of stage helps increase connection and engagement between artists and spectators
With such an open stage, the programs must also be spectacular, exciting and highly entertaining. Satisfying the expectation, “Nha Trang Say Hi” concert, international cultural exchange program and carnival taking place on three nights of June 7, 8 and 9 provided truly festive atmospheres. “Nha Trang Say Hi” concert. “Nha Trang Say Hi” concert stirred the spectators with rousing performances of Vietnam’s well-known artists such as Isaac, Duc Phuc, Anh Khoa, Anh Tu, Lyly, Anh Duy, Vu Thinh, Satila Hong Vinh, Ngoc Khanh Chi, FB group BOIZ. The international cultural exchange program spotlighted the appealing music and fashion performances of Hai Dang Song and Dance Troupe, Ninh Thuan Provincial Culture and Arts Center, Ulsan City’s art troupe (South Korea), Lorient City’s art troupe (France), and Miss Sea Island Vietnam 2025 beauties. The carnival featured 14 float cars decorated with images of 9 localities in Khanh Hoa Province, Ninh Thuan Province, and businesses and organizations in Khanh Hoa. The performances of international Miss Cosmo beauties and Miss Universe Vietnam beauties were also a highlight of the carnival.
The 2025 Culture and Sea Tourism Festival also included many national and international level sports competitions organized with the desire to shape Khanh Hoa’s sea sports brand. In addition, there were many activities raising people’s awareness of environment protection, especially marine and island environment.
Sparking new ideas
The success of Culture and Sea Tourism Festival 2025 has sparked new ideas to organize festivals in the future. The support from the authorities and relevant units played an important role in the success of the festival. All of the main activities and events of the festival were broadcast live on Khanh Hoa Newspaper’s KTV channel. The working area for reporters and journalists was also located at convenient locations, facilitating the media and press reports of the press agencies in and outside the province. Security, order, fire safety and traffic safety, urban beautification, and environmental sanitation in the province, especially Nha Trang City were carefully carried out. During the 4 main days of Culture and Sea Tourism Festival 2025, Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa received about 667,000 tourists. Khanh Hoa’s lodging occupancy rates soared, reaching over 85%.
A performance bearing traditional cultural characteristics at Culture and Sea Tourism Festival 2025 (Photo: V.T)
According to Dinh Van Thieu, Vice-chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee, Culture and Sea Tourism Festival 2025 provided invaluable experience for the province to organize future festivals. For instance, Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Tourism Association needs to play a greater role in encouraging the involvement of large hotels in the festivals. Localities with developed tourism and rich culinary culture need to organize large-scale, unique culinary and tourism activities.
Source: Khanh Hoa News – news.baokhanhhoa.vn – Jun 26, 2025
