Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation

Cultural cooperation between Belarus and Vietnam is carried out within the framework of the Agreement between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on cooperation in the field of culture and art, signed on December 21, 2007 in Minsk. On May 12, 2025, in Minsk, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam signed a Program of Cooperation in the Field of Culture for 2026–2028.

In 2017 and 2023, the Days of Belarusian Culture were held in Vietnam. In 2015 and 2018, the Days of Vietnamese Culture were held in Belarus.

On December 11, 2024, the Ho Guom Opera hosted a “Belarusian Night in Hanoi” featuring artists from the Ivan Zhinovich National Academic Folk Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian State Honored Dance Ensemble “Khoroshki,” and soloists from the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Belarus.

On May 7–8, 2026, the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus embarked on its first-ever tour to Vietnam. A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus and the Ho Guom Opera Theatre. On 12–13 June 2026, performers from the Ho Guom Opera Theatre took to the stage of the National Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Opera and Ballet of the Republic of Belarus for the first time.

On 26–28 June 2026, the first Belarusian Film Days were held in Hanoi, Vietnam.

On July 2, 2024, to mark the 80th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from Nazi invaders, the Vietnam Military History Museum hosted a photo exhibition “Nothing Is Forgotten” as part of a joint project with the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Minsk.

IIn 2019, at the invitation of President of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, 13 Vietnamese children attended a health and recreation program at the “Zubrenok” National Children’s Educational and Health Center. Since 2023, a joint project has been underway between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Public Security of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to exchange groups of children of employees who died or were injured while performing their official duties.

In 2018, Belarus provided humanitarian aid to the central regions of Vietnam affected by the devastating Typhoon Damrey; and in 2021, a humanitarian shipment weighing over 15 tons was delivered to Vietnam, containing medical equipment and personal protective equipment to combat the coronavirus.

In 2020, on behalf of President of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, 20,000 medical masks were presented as a gift to the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.

The Vietnamese national team took part in the 2nd CIS Games held in Belarus on August 4-14, 2023.

As part of the official visit of Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Roman Golovchenko to Vietnam, on December 8, 2023, an Agreement was signed between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the mutual abolition of visas for holders of national passports.