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The 15 Best Tickets & Entry Passes in Vietnam

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The good tickets & entry passes sell out in season and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to hold early, what each includes and how they differ.

Hanoi: Water Puppet Show Tickets - The 50-minute performance, scene by scene
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Hanoi: Water Puppet Show Tickets

1.Water Puppet Show Tickets

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

You’ll watch a lively 50-minute performance of water puppetry, a Vietnamese art form born in the Red River Delta more than 1,000 years ago. Reserve your show time and seat category, then collect your physical tickets at 31 Lo Su, 30 minutes before the performance.

“The ticket collection was easy and the guide at the ticket office was very helpful. The show was very good and gave a taste of traditional Vietnamese storytelling and music. It was worth paying the extra for seats at the front.”

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Hanoi: Water Puppet Show Ticket with Hotel Delivery Add-On - What Happens During the 50-Minute Performance
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Hanoi: Water Puppet Show Ticket with Hotel Delivery Add-On

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

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

Watch a 50-minute Vietnamese water puppet show at Hanoi’s Thang Long Theatre. Your ticket includes the program and priority entry, with collection at Charming Vietnam Travel or optional hotel delivery. The show uses music, singing, legends, village scenes, and puppets moving across a shallow stage pool.

“Loved it. One of the best shows I’ve seen. It would be good to make more obvious the info about audio in your own language. This would have made it a 10/10!”

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Hoi An Memories Show & Hoi An Impression Theme Park Ticket - The mini shows are worth planning around
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Hoi An Memories Show & Hoi An Impression Theme Park Ticket

3.Hoi An Memories Show & Hoi An Impression Theme Park Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,146 reviews · from $9

Spend the evening at Hoi An Impression Theme Park, then watch the 60-minute Memories Show, where a huge cast, ao dai costumes, music, lights, props, and fire effects tell 400 years of Hoi An’s story. Arrive early for mini shows, food, photos, and better seat choice.

“Amazing light shows… Quite disappointing with the food around.. not a proper Vietnamese restaurant apart from buffet”

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Hanoi: Thang Long Water Puppet Show Ticket - Skip The Line - Collecting the ticket on Hang Quat Street
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Hanoi: Thang Long Water Puppet Show Ticket – Skip The Line

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

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

Collect your reserved Thang Long Water Puppet Show tickets from Asian Discovery Travel at 78 Hang Quat, then walk to Hanoi’s famous theater. The 50-minute performance combines moving water puppets, nine live musicians, folk songs, humor, and Vietnamese legends. An optional audio guide costs 50,000 VND.

“It was amazing! Highly recommended, I would go there again 🥰”

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Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets - What happens during the one-hour show
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Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 414 reviews · from $8

Book a standard, deluxe, or VIP seat at Hanoi’s Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre and enter with a prepaid ticket. Expect a fast-moving one-hour performance of puppets gliding across water, backed by live musicians, singing, and Vietnamese folk stories. Headsets may help with the plot.

“Eventually got the tickets but it was a madhouse and if our tour guide had not been with us I don’t think we would have found them. Go to the theatre yourself and buy tickets there.”

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Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets - What happens during the one-hour show
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Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 386 reviews · from $7

See a roughly 45 to 60 minute Vietnamese water puppet show at Thang Long Theater beside Hoan Kiem Lake. Live musicians, singers, wooden puppets, and folk tales make this an easy cultural stop. Choose standard, deluxe, or VIP seating, but confirm your seat and voucher at the theater.

“Tour was booked for 5:20, tour operator contacts me saying that it was sold out and if 6:30 would be ok. I arrive for the 6:30 show and their contact has tickets for the 5:20 show. Ended up having to buy my own tickets for the next 8:00 show. Neither Viator or the tour operator was of any help. The tour operators use WhatsApp so that Viator cannot see what is going on. Insist that the tour operators use the Viator means of communication.”

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Bitexco Financial Tower: Saigon Skydeck General Admission Ticket - What you see on the 49th-floor Saigon Skydeck
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Bitexco Financial Tower: Saigon Skydeck General Admission Ticket

7.Bitexco Financial Tower: Saigon Skydeck General Admission Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 366 reviews · from $10

Head to Ho Chi Minh City’s Bitexco Financial Tower and ride a high-speed elevator to the enclosed 49th-floor Saigon Skydeck. You get 360-degree views of the city, Saigon River, and major landmarks, plus interactive map displays and historical exhibits. Allow 30 minutes to one hour.

“Good overview of the expansive city and surrounding including areas both visited and those not visited.”

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Thang Long Water Puppet Show Entry Ticket - What Happens During the One-Hour Performance
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Thang Long Water Puppet Show Entry Ticket

8.Thang Long Water Puppet Show Entry Ticket

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

At Hanoi’s Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, you’ll watch puppets dance across a water stage while Vietnamese musicians and singers perform live. The one-hour show presents legends, farming, fishing, romance, and village life. Tickets are collected at the theater counter before the performance.

“Cheaper and better tickets if you just arrive and book them on the day in person”

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Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Tickets - A 50-minute performance that keeps its shape
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Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Tickets

9.Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 251 reviews · from $7

Book a 50-minute Thang Long Water Puppet Theater performance at 57B Đinh Tiên Hoàng in Hanoi. You’ll watch Vietnamese legends, farming scenes, fishing, sacred animals, and village life unfold on water with live music and singing. Audio guides are available for non-Vietnamese speakers.

“My recent purchase of puppet theatre tickets through Viator left me deeply disappointed. Not only were the tickets exorbitantly priced, but the promised perk of "skip the queue" seemed to be nothing more than a marketing gimmick. Firstly, the tickets purchased on Viator were more than double the price compared to purchasing them directly at the venue. This price gouging was already disheartening, but I was willing to overlook it for the convenience of skipping the queue. However, upon arrival at the puppet theatre, there was no designated queue for those who had purchased tickets through Viator. In fact, we ended up waiting in line just like everyone else, with…”

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Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets - What happens during the one-hour show
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Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 224 reviews · from $8

Book an advance ticket for Hanoi’s Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre at 57B Đinh Tiên Hoàng. You’ll watch a roughly one-hour performance of Vietnamese legends and traditional rural life, then finish at the theater. Arrive at least 15 minutes early and choose a showtime that fits your plans.

“Link to the downtown. Economy and save time. It is very convenience and effective way to get into the downtown of the Bangkok.”

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Hanoi Water Puppet Show Tickets: Convenient Delivery Service - Seats, Showtimes, and the Best View
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Hanoi Water Puppet Show Tickets: Convenient Delivery Service

11.Hanoi Water Puppet Show Tickets: Convenient Delivery Service

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 213 reviews · from $9

See Hanoi’s traditional water puppetry at Thang Long Water Puppet Theater in a 50-minute show of village tales, legends, live music, and singing. Tickets cost $9 and may be delivered to Old Quarter hotels, though some bookings require exchange at 31 Lo Su. Arrive early with your official ticket.

“Very cultural 40 minute performance of beautiful tales and music. The entire show is full of colors , accompanied by talented performances”

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Hoi An Memories Land Entry Ticket with Show - Arriving at Hoi An Impression Park
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Hoi An Memories Land Entry Ticket with Show

12.Hoi An Memories Land Entry Ticket with Show

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 153 reviews · 1 day · from $27Top rated

Spend an evening at Hoi An Memories Land, where mini-shows, food, recreated Old Town streets, and Kuha Island lead to the one-hour Hoi An Memories Show. More than 500 performers use dance, music, lighting, props, and a 27,000-square-foot stage in the Hoai River to tell Hoi An’s story.

“This was such a magical experience. The whole mini island is dedicated to this show, lots of other performances and street food. Such a unique experience to Hoi An,definitely recommend it. The show was amazing, so magical and performers were fantastic.”

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Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets - What happens during the one-hour show
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Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 131 reviews · from $7

Meet at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre in Hanoi’s Old Quarter for a one-hour performance of puppets moving across water with music and storytelling. Choose standard, deluxe, or VIP first-class seating, then return to the same meeting point after the show.

“Don’t get on the ticket queue. Go up to one of the people at the entry and show them your skip the queue ticket and they will go and retrieve it for you. Definitely worth it as the line for tickets was long.”

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Skip the Line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets - What happens during the one-hour show
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Skip the line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets

14.Skip the line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 102 reviews · from $7

Spend about 50 minutes at Hanoi’s Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, where lacquered puppets act out Vietnamese stories on a water stage with live music, singing, and special effects. Choose from four show times, meet at 57B Đinh Tiên Hoàng, and check your ticket arrangements carefully before arrival.

“We were told that the show was fully booked at the ticket counter and we had to contact the operator for refund. We were however contacted and accommodated in a show 90 minutes later. Thankfully we were around that area so we got to see the show eventually. This experience was after paying twice the actual fee at Viator.”

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Nha Trang: VinWonders Entry Ticket with Optional Cable Car - How to use your one day inside the park
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Nha Trang: VinWonders Entry Ticket with Optional Cable Car

15.VinWonders Entry Ticket with Optional Cable Car

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 87 reviews · from $28

Spend a full day at VinWonders Nha Trang, reached by optional round-trip cable car across the sea. Enjoy roller coasters, water slides, gardens, a zoo, Ferris wheel, 5D cinema, VR, themed zones, and evening shows. Bring ID, swimwear, sunscreen, and dry clothes.

“(Book online or at entrance of peer, our taxi driver almost scammed us by stopping at a shop where someone came out telling us to get out and purchase tickets from them) PLEASE GO! We are a couple in our 20s & seeing mixed reviews I wasn’t sure but went ahead and booked & IT WAS AMAZING! Be sure to get there early to make sure you can do everything! We arrived about 10am, Tuesday, NO que for the cable car and barely anyone on the island (qued for half an hour for one ride) but the island is so huge that this is rare. Theme park only had a…”

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