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 - a dark Cinderella storyTừ Thức Gặp Tiên - 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 - a laborer struggles to triumph above his exploitative employer