http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/ vi Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:02:11 GMT Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:02:11 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/rss/ http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/uploads/logo_c0c9ab631cf85f71a421df823dbcdf1e.png http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/ 144 24 http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Please-its-not-Chinese-New-Year-2260/ Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) is a time of happiness and reminiscing for Vietnamese everywhere in the world, even though we may be thousands of miles away from loved ones and our homeland, Vietnam.
]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:02:11 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Tomb-of-Vietnamese-marshal-draws-crowds-during-Tet-2243/ On the Lunar New Year's Eve morning, local people gathered at HCM City's Tomb of Marshal Le Van Duyet for a bamboo pole-erecting ceremony and a unicorn dance performance.
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To regard Tet simply as New Year, as one would in the West, would display a poor knowledge of the people of Vietnam.
]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:02:24 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Residents-flock-to-flower-markets-for-decorating-Tet-holidays-2229/ All 128 flower markets was opened in HCM City on Wednesday, the 23rd day of the last lunar month every year or the day of farewell to the Kitchen Gods , decorating the city with plentiful varieties of colorful flowers and ornamental plants.
]]> Sun, 15 Feb 2015 20:02:43 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Cai-luong-historical-play-celebrates-King-Mai-Hac-Des-Uprisings-2201/ The Vietnam National Cai luong Theatre will give a free cai luong play dedicating King Mai Hac De with a total investment capital of approximately VND3 billion in March.

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CLVNCOM - In the ten years from 1958 to 1967, the Thanh Tam Award, established by journalist Tran Tan Quoc, awarded the gold medals to 24 young actors. And in 2 years from 1965 to 1967, it also awarded 6 gold medals to the Artists Excellence Award.

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Several expats living in Vietnam have shared their stories about Christmas celebrations

]]> Thu, 25 Dec 2014 00:12:48 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Folk-music-playing-and-singing-contest-kicked-off-2118/
The final round of a contest on Don Ca Tai Tu Nam Bo (southern amateur traditional music) opened at the Voice of the People of Ho Chi Minh City on December 7.
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A drama titled Lau dai cat (The sandy castle) will be performed by the Vietnam National Drama Theater at Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on December 17.
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Russian film Two Women won the best feature film award at the third Hanoi International Film (HANIFF) that closed in the capital city on November 27.
]]> Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:11:09 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Behind-the-smiles-of-Vietnams-flight-attendants-2064/ A passenger took out his mobile phone and spoke sonorously, “Hey, I’m OK, I won’t land at Noi Bai [an international airport in Hanoi] before 2:00 pm because I’m on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City, we’re about 8-10km up.”
]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:11:58 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Quang-Ngais-beautiful-beaches-attract-visitors-2048/ Quang Ngai province is located in the central coastal region, bordering Kon Tum province and the Truong Son mountain range to the west, Quang Nam to the north, Binh Dinh to the south and the East Sea to the east, with a coastline of more than 140km.
]]> Thu, 6 Nov 2014 00:11:02 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Science-Film-Festival-focuses-on-future-technologies-2011/
The fourth Science Film Festival 2014, with a theme on future technologies, is scheduled to take place from October 24 to December 14 in thirteen locations across Vietnam.
]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 03:10:14 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Bai-choi-singing-festival-to-be-broadcast-live-1988/
The final round of the second festival of Bai choi singing, which is scheduled to take place in the central province of Binh Dinh, will be broadcast live on Phu Yen-based Vietnam TV Station (VTV Phu Yen).
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An ongoing Vietnamese fashion show will continue through September 28 in the Italian city of Rome.
Collections from Vietnamese designers Minh Hanh, Lan Huong, Quang Nhat, Cong Khanh and Italian designer Michele Gaudiomonte have reportedly won high praise from the Italian press.]]> Sat, 27 Sep 2014 03:09:30 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Memories-1926/


CLVNCOM - Everybody has some good and bad memories to cherish or to leave behind. There are certain memories that make us laugh, and other memories that make us cry. While this soundtrack is playing many of my old memories come flooding back.


]]> Sun, 7 Sep 2014 20:09:40 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Trieu-Trung-Kien-1914/
Trieu Trung Kien was born and grew up in an artistic traditional family. His mother is a cai luong artist of the Vietnam National Cai luong Theatre. His father is a director. When he was a child, he desired to become an artist. He started to perform on stage at the age of 7.
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CLVNCOM - In the ten years from 1958 to 1967, the Thanh Tam Award, established by journalist Tran Tan Quoc, awarded the gold medals to 24 young actors. And in 2 years from 1965 to 1967, it also awarded 6 gold medals to the Artists Excellence Award.
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In the ten years from 1958 to 1967, the Thanh Tam Award, established by journalist Tran Tan Quoc, awarded the gold medals to 24 young actors. And in 2 years from 1965 to 1967, it also awarded 6 gold medals to the Artists Excellence Award.]]> Sat, 16 Aug 2014 04:08:22 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/The-meaning-history-of-SaiGon-Y-nghia-va-lich-su-Sai-Gon-1875/ CLVNCOM - An etymology of Saigon (or Sài Gòn in Vietnamese) is that Sài is a Sino-Vietnamese word (Hán tự: 柴) meaning "firewood, lops, twigs; palisade", while Gòn is another Sino-Vietnamese word (Hán tự: 棍) meaning "stick, pole, bole", and whose meaning evolved into "cotton" in Vietnamese (bông gòn, literally "cotton stick", i.e., "cotton plant", then shortened to gòn). This name may refer to the many kapok plants that the Khmer people had planted around Prey Nokor, and which can still be seen at Cây Mai temple and surrounding areas. It may also refer to the dense and tall forest that once existed around the city, a forest to which the Khmer name, Prey Nokor, already referred.]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 06:07:40 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Early-days-in-Le-Thuys-performing-career-1864/
CLVNCOM - I still remember how much I cried when I watched Le Thuy playing the main character in the play named To Anh Nguyet or in some other plays such as “Ao Cuoi Truoc Cong Chua” (Wedding dress in front of the pagoda gate) and “Luong Son Ba, Chuc Anh Dai”… I do not really know how and when I became addicted to her voice and the characters she portrayed in those plays, but I know for sure that many Le Thuy’s fans love her down-to-earth yet wonderful performing style with a sweet and terrific singing voice. The mixture of contralto and soprano in her voice is so unique that one cannot find it in any other singers. ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:07:29 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Actress-Bich-Hanhs-biography-and-memories-1847/
Actress Bich Hanh spent all her childhood with her parents at the Kim Chung troupe where she grew up and became a well-known actress. It seems she got every chance to be successful in her artistic career as her parents were working for a long time for the Kim Chung troupe, starting in the North and then later moving to the South. But having the good start was not enough; she still had to try very hard to achieve her stardom among many other famous stars in the cai luong world, which she did! However, the glory she earned in her long career from all the hard work did not help her, a very devoted artist, to continue performing on the beloved cai luong stage.
]]> Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:07:07 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/THE-SURVIVAL-OF-THE-TRADITIONAL-MUSIC-NHAC-CO-TRUYEN-1831/
The traditional music was always a poor relation compared to auters occidentalized musics. Before April 1975, with the National Academy of the music with Saigon, the classes of traditional instruments and arts traditional did not attract large world. The professors of traditional music had the complex of inferiority opposite the professors of Western music. 
]]> Sat, 5 Jul 2014 14:07:19 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Sixty-Zitherists-perform-in-HCMC-1826/

More than 60 zitherists at home and abroad joined in a concert t at Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music that is part of dan tranh (sixteen-string zither) art program 2014 to take place in the city from June 30-July 4.
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CLVNCOM - The real name of the well–known actor Viet Hung was Nguyen Huu Hung. He was born in 1923 in Nha Trang, a coastal city in central Vietnam. Because of hardship, he, along with his mother and his elder sister, moved to Da Lat, a highland city. They later settled in Saigon.

]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 14:06:55 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Vong-Co-Sau-Cau-Six-Phrases-1797/
Modern vọng cổ is made up of six phrases of thirty-two measures. A noticeable cadence ends each sub-phrase of four measures. At this cadence, all instruments (and the vocalist) come back together, usually hitting the same note. At eight measures before the end of a phrase, the song loan is tapped twice consecutively by the leader (usually the đàn kìm player) to signify that the phrase is ending. On the last measure of a phrase, the song loan is tapped once more to make sure everyone ends together. At that point, the performers may move on to the next phrase, transition to a different song, or end completely.]]> Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:06:13 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Actress-UT-BACH-LAN-An-Artists-Life-is-Like-a-Short-lived-Flower-1785/
CLVNCOM - After learning that the Hoa Binh Theater is going to have a liveshow for NSUT Ut Bach Lan , I decided to pay her a visit. Her small house on Tran Hung Dao Street looks the same – still the lonely hammock where she usually sits to study her lines and the Buddha altar with incense burning. Ms. Ut is a lot skinnier now but her smiles are still friendly and warm. She softly said, “At 65 years of age and after 40 years in the same career, I am very happy to still be able to sing. I am very grateful for the ancestors of Cai Luong and my beloved audiences.”
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People’s Artist Bach Tuyet is well-known for her sweet singing voice in the Cai luong (reformed opera) circle in Southern Vietnam and has been called Cai Luong Chi Bao (a precious gem of Cai luong ).

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Dedicated to the traditional musicians of Vietnam:
“May their Art flourish and their creativity be reborn”
The Vietnamese have produced several worthwhile books about music but these have remained buried in the relative obscurity of the Vietnamese language.

]]> Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:06:53 GMT http://cailuongvietnam.com/newclvn/index.php/vi/news/English/Cai-luong-legend-comes-to-life-in-photos-1758/

The dramatic life and death of Thanh Nga, a hugely popular cai luong (reformed theatre) artist, has been immortalised in a new picture book that carries almost 100 monochrome photographs of the legend.
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