Hanoi, Nov. 13 -- The Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2026, themed "Creative Economy", opened on November 13 evening, starting 16 days of cultural, art and creative programming across the capital.

Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha, in her opening speech, said the festival is a key piece of a year-round creative push, with the goal shifting from simply "holding a festival" to "building an urban creative ecosystem".

The festival uses the creative economy, interdisciplinary art and co-creation to connect and pool cultural, heritage and creative resources and turn them into new value for urban development.

Ha said the aim is to convert cultural values, heritage, knowledge and creative capacity into long-term assets, ...