Vietnam has a complex of unique performing arts, such as vietnamese traditional music, imperial curt, traditional theatre, traditional dance, water puppetry. This is to say Vietnam is rich in traditional performing arts, manifesting Vietnam's traditions.

Vietnamese martial arts is highly developed from the country's long history of warfare and attempts to defend itself from foreign occupation. Although most heavily influenced by Chinese martial arts, it has developed its own characteristics throughout the millennia in combination with other influences from its neighbors.