Hanoi Stamp Exhibition Uses Mixed Reality to Bring the City’s History to Life

On November 14, 2026, Vietnam Post and the Postage Stamp Company opened an interactive exhibition in Hanoi using mixed reality technology to present the city’s history through stamps. Part of the 2026 Hanoi Creative Design Festival, the exhibition runs from November 14 to 15 at the Hanoi Post Office. Organizers expect about 1,500 visits.

Through Hanoi-themed stamps, the exhibition introduces visitors to the city’s postal history.（VietVance）

The exhibition’s mixed reality area turns postal history materials and Hanoi-themed stamps into interactive three-dimensional digital content. Wearing mixed reality glasses, visitors can view virtual content in a physical space and interact with three-dimensional objects to explore images, artifacts and stories related to postal history.

Visitors wear mixed reality glasses to view and interact with three-dimensional virtual content in a physical space.（VietVance）

Digitized stamps depict several milestones in Hanoi’s history, including Cổ Loa becoming the capital of Âu Lạc, King Lý Thái Tổ’s decree to move the capital in 1010, and the liberation of the capital in 1954. The exhibition also uses stamps to show the city’s changing appearance, allowing visitors to explore the history and culture they record through interactive displays.

Alongside the mixed reality experience, the exhibition offers photography, postcard-making and stamp-coloring activities, and displays 10 frames of stamps on architecture and heritage. Nguyễn Quang Hải, deputy general director of Vietnam Post, said he hopes combining traditional stamps with mixed reality technology will give the public, especially young people, a new way to engage with stamps.

Source: VietVance