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Đờn Ca Tài Tử Captures the Soul of Southern Vietnam in Every Melody, Every Word

“It’s not something unfamiliar, but it’s been a few years since I last heard it. Stumbling upon this beautiful bucolic scene now has made me fall in love with the Mekong Delta’s đờn ca tài tử melodies again.”

Vũ Bằng's Nostalgic Longings for Hanoi Teach Us How to Love a Place Deeply

From Thương Nhớ Mười Hai to Miếng Ngon Hà Nội, Vũ Bằng’s way of lacing Hanoian features with melancholic reminiscence always brings me straight back to the embrace of my hometown, even more so after I moved to Saigon at age 19. Since then, my writing and social media posts about Hanoi have often been accompanied by quotes “stolen” from his books: “My spring — the spring of northern Vietnam, Hanoi's spring — is a season of gentle misty rain, cool tender winds, the sound of swallows calling all jade-dark night, distant chèo drum beats from distant hamlets with maidens lovely as poems singing timeless love songs.” This was how Vũ Bằng’s oeuvre made its way to my heart.

New book reveals exiled Vietnamese emperor as artist in Algeria

The book “Ham Nghi – Exiled Emperor, Artist in Algeria” was launched on November 5 in Hue imperial city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, shedding light on the exiled Vietnamese emperor’s artistic legacy.

Vietnam Pho Festival 2024 officially starts in Seoul

The 2024 Vietnam Pho Festival opened at the Pie Factory of the Seoul Children's Grand Park in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 5 (local times).

10 Vietnamese food you need to try

Vietnamese food is distinct and unforgettable, according to UK magazine Rough Guides.

Artist Kieu Phuong Loan is surprised to see her image 35 years ago

Artist Kieu Phuong Loan said she was surprised to see the Cai Luong play that was filmed at HTV in 1988, when she was just 34 years old.

Queen of cai luong brought back to life on stage

Descendants of the legendary cai luong (reformed opera) Artist Thanh Nga, plan to revive two plays in which their late relative, the "Queen of cai luong", often performed the leading role.

THE SURVIVAL OF THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC (NHAC CO TRUYEN)

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.

VIETNAMESE TRADITIONAL THEATRE

Theatre of Vietnam comprises many traditional forms of drama which survive and retain their popularity to varying degrees.

The cradle of cai luong

Cai luong (a form of modern folk opera in Vietnam) writer Nguyen Thanh Hai has been unable to contain his excitement since January when Tien Giang Theater officially reopened in My Tho Town in the southern province of Tien Giang.

Vietnamese actress takes top prize in Spain

Chau’s leading role in Cu Li Never Cries directed by Pham Ngoc Lan won on Saturday in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.