Da Nang marks International Yoga Day with mass waterfront performance
Da Nang turned APEC Park into a waterfront yoga stage, drawing more than 250 people to a mass performance that doubled as Vietnam-India diplomacy.
More than 250 people rolled out their mats at APEC Sculpture Park along the Han River in Da Nang City, turning International Yoga Performance - Da Nang 2026 into a public waterfront gathering on June 26. Locals and tourists joined the outdoor session, giving the event the feel of a city celebration rather than a closed studio class.
The program was organized by the Da Nang Union of Friendship Organisations and the Da Nang Viet Nam-India Friendship Association, working with the Embassy of India in Viet Nam and other partners. Its theme, Yoga - Healthy Living Through the Years, framed the performance around the 12th International Day of Yoga and gave the morning and evening practice a clear civic purpose.
VietnamPlus said the event also marked the 54th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and India, from 1972 to 2026, and the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, from 2016 to 2026. Vietnam News said the broader aim was to strengthen people-to-people exchanges and promote friendship and cooperation between the two countries, placing yoga inside a larger cultural and diplomatic bridge.
The setting carried much of the message. APEC Park, also described as APEC Sculpture Park, sits on the Han River banks and has been used as a space for street art performance and public events. Putting a mass yoga session there made the practice visible in one of Da Nang’s most recognizable waterfront spaces, where passersby and visitors could join in or watch from the riverfront.
Da Nang has used yoga this way before. Vietnam News reported that nearly 1,000 people gathered at Tien Son Sports Arena on June 23 evening in 2025 for another large-scale International Day of Yoga performance. This year’s gathering was smaller, but it kept the same public-facing formula: yoga as a shared city ritual, staged in front of the river, with the mats laid out where Da Nang could present itself as open, active and ready to host.
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