Vietnamese fairy tales

Famous Vietnamese fairy tales include The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree and The Story of Tấm and Cám. Various tales have been translated into English, as well as folk tales containing some elements of fairy tales.

Well known tales

• "The Wishing Pearl" - a peasant befriends an animal and receives a magic gift
• "The Student and the Frog" - about a frog who becomes a beautiful woman
• Tấm Cám ("The Two Sisters") - a dark Cinderella story
• Từ Thức Gặp Tiên ("Từ Thức and the Goddess") - A mandarin meets a girl at a Buddhist temple who is really a goddess.
• "The Student and the Painting" - a girl in a painting
• Ba Giai and Tú Xuất are a comical duo in South folk tales
• Cây Tre Trăm Đốt ("The Hundred-Knot Bamboo Tree") - a laborer struggles to triumph above his exploitative employer
• Sọ Dừa (Coconut Skull)
• ' or Ông Ngâu Bà Ngâu - Vietnamese version of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl