HAPPILY EVER AFTER: A TV series about Vietnamese fairy tales called Cổ Tích Nước Nam (Vietnamese Tales), produced by the private Xuân Phước Studio of HCM City, has attracted several millions of viewers on YouTube. — Photo courtesy of the producer

HCM CITY — A TV series about Vietnamese fairy tales produced by Xuân Phước Studio, a private film company from HCM City, has attracted millions of viewers on YouTube.

The work, Cổ Tích Nước Nam (Vietnamese Tales), features Vietnamese history, culture and lifestyle.

It includes beautiful scenes captured in the Mekong Delta River and southern provinces, interspersed with the folk songs and traditional customs of the southern people.

The themes of bravery, honesty and patriotism are also highlighted.

TALL TALES: More than 40 actors perform in the TV series Cổ Tích Nước Nam (Vietnamese Tales) produced by the private Xuân Phước Studio of HCM City. The series feature stories on southern culture based on Vietnamese fairy tales. — Photo courtesy of the producer

The series Cổ Tích Nước Nam is part of a long-term film project produced by Xuân Phước Studio in co-operation with Vĩnh Long Radio & Television in 2021.

The project offers web dramas and TV shows on Vietnamese fairy tales which are based on Kho Tàng Truyện Cổ Tích Việt Nam (The Treasure of Vietnamese Fairy Tales), a collection of Vietnamese fairy tales rewritten by late professor Nguyễn Đổng Chi.

The collection includes five books and lively pictures released by the HCM City-based Trẻ (Youth) Publishing House in 2016.

It features 150 stories about Vietnamese people and ethnic minority groups. More than 105,000 copies of each book have been printed.

In 2022, Xuân Phước Studio released 40 shows on YouTube, earning around 20 million views.

The latest 25-minute show, called Vợ Nhập Tràng (Ghost Wife), released on June 1, has attracted nearly 450,000 views on YouTube.

It tells the story of a poor farmer who uses his intelligence to protect his wife from evil.

"We decided to invest in shows based on Vietnamese fairy tales and release them on YouTube to attract children and teenagers,” said film director Xuân Phước, owner of Xuân Phước Studio. “We have worked to make quality productions and bring a new taste of Vietnamese culture and lifestyle to young viewers.” — VNS