Philippines celebrates ASEAN Month 2026 through a series of cultural activities highlighting our country’s ties with Viet Nam and the wider ASEAN community. 🇵🇭🤝🇻🇳
This year’s celebration is more than a series of events — it is a chance to experience culture, music, heritage, and the arts as bridges between nations, while spotlighting the Philippines’ continuing role in strengthening relationships across ASEAN.
There will be plenty to experience and capture — from Vietnamese water puppetry and cultural showcases to performances by The Philippine Madrigal Singers and other featured artists and cultural performers, alongside programs celebrating ASEAN Day and the Philippines–Viet Nam partnership. ✨
✨ ASEAN MONTH 2026 Activities
📍 August 7 | 10AM
Viet Nam Cultural Days: Puppet Workshop & ASEAN Lectures
Centro de Turismo, Intramuros
📍 August 7 | 4PM
Vietnamese Water Puppet Show
Fort Santiago
📍 August 8 | 4PM
59th ASEAN Day Anniversary & Public Vietnamese Water Puppet Show
Fort Santiago
📍 August 8–31
ASEAN Corner
Metropolitan Theater & Centro de Turismo
📍 August 9 | 4PM
Launch of the ASEAN Cultural Center in Manila (ACCM)
Metropolitan Theater
📍 August 20
Interagency ASEAN Month Celebration
🎶 Expect live performances, cultural showcases, and special appearances throughout the celebrations, including The Philippine Madrigal Singers and other featured performers, making this a great opportunity to capture stories across culture, music, arts, heritage, and regional friendship.
These celebrations offer meaningful stories beyond the events themselves — stories of Filipino–Vietnamese friendship, cultural diplomacy, shared Southeast Asian identity, and the Philippines’ role in bringing the ASEAN community closer together.
Let’s celebrate a Philippines that continues to build bridges, deepen friendships, and connect with our ASEAN neighbors through the universal language of culture and the arts. 💛🌏
