Community
A safe space where you can be yourself. No pressure, no pretending.
About us
A young generation between two cultures
Viet Up is an association of young people of Czech-Vietnamese origin. We create a space to meet, understand each other and build projects that bring the Vietnamese community closer to Czech society – and the other way round.
- 2015
- Meeting since
- 2018
- Registered association, Prague
- 1,500+
- Festival visitors a year
- 70+
- Second-generation portraits in Little Hanoi
Our story
It started with a group of friends
At the end of 2015 a group of friends noticed that the Czech Republic had no place where young Vietnamese could simply meet each other. Many of us grew up in a Czech environment, often without a single Vietnamese friend – while carrying questions about identity, roots and the gap between generations that nobody discussed out loud.
We started with meet-ups, quizzes and Lunar New Year (Tết) celebrations. 2016 brought the first Banán Fest and the first Czech-Vietnamese ball. Step by step we opened the doors to the older generation and to the Czech public, and in 2018 the informal group became the registered association Viet Up, z.s.
Today we connect the community and the wider society through the Den Vietnamu festival, Story Night evenings, the Viet Kieu stories, trips to Sapa and the photo exhibition Little Hanoi, Next Generation. What we started with still holds: we want everyone to find their people here.
We try to show Czechs that we are not just the ones who cook pho, that we have our own music, dance and theatre. And at the same time we want to educate the young Vietnamese generation.
Duc Anh Le, chair of Viet Up
interview for A2, 2023
What we build on
Our values
Milestones
How far we have come
- 2015
An informal group of young Czech-Vietnamese forms in Prague.
- 2016
First Banán Fest and first Czech-Vietnamese ball. St. Nicholas and Women's Day visits to corner shops.
- 2018
Viet Up, z.s. is registered. Third Banán Fest at Továrna in Holešovice.
- 2019
Fourth Banán Fest at Kampus Hybernská, for the first time open to the wider Czech public.
- 2023
Banán Fest grows to 1,500 visitors and becomes Den Vietnamu. Sapa Trip excursions begin.
- 2024
Story Nights and the Stories of Viet Kieu project launch with the support of the City of Prague.
- 2025
Little Hanoi, Next Generation premieres at the Hanoi Photo Biennale.
- 2026
Little Hanoi, Next Generation at Holešovice Market: 70+ portraits, Meet Up, Story Night.
What we do
Our projects
Want to be part of it?
It is not about business cards or performance. It is about people, relationships and the joy of building something together.