Opera artist works to assist young musical talent

Soprano Nguyễn Thị Hiền released her first album Yêu Và Mơ (Love And Dream) last month which includes eight songs sang in four languages Vietnamese, Italian, Spanish and English. She graduated from Conservatorio di Milano and decided to return to Việt Nam despite a job offer at Teatro Olimpico in Roma.

Publishers enhance history books to lure readers

As the trend of book collecting becomes popular in Việt Nam, many publishing houses have decided to renew and enhance history books in order to satisfy readers’ interest in collecting these kinds of books.

Private tuồng troupe reopened

The Đồng Ấu Bạch Long Troupe, one of HCM City’s leading private theatres, has returned with a series of new performances of tuồng or hát bội (classical drama), a Vietnamese traditional theatre genre that originated in the 12th century. 

National Independence Day celebrated in ethnic culture village

Visitors to Việt Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hà Nội’s suburb of Sơn Tây this September will have a chance to explore cultural identities and traditional customs of Việt Nam’s 54 ethnic groups through numerous activities.

City theatre offers free cải lương show to mark National Day

The HCM City-based Trần Hữu Trang Cải Lương Theatre in cooperation with its partner, the city's Party Committee's Department of Publicity and Education, will launch a 'cải lương' (reformed opera)  show in the district of Củ Chi on August 28.

Lào Cai to host festivals, events for national holidays

The northern mountainous province of Lào Cai will host a range of tourism festivals and dance and music performance programmes to celebrate the 77th August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2) holidays.

Oktoberfest set to return to Hà Nội and HCM City

For the first time, families will have a chance to enjoy an Oktoberfest experience with the ‘Family Day’ on October 2, which has been designed for family gatherings with the addition of fun activities for children  as ring toss, bowling, face painting, and handmade crafts.

Mid-Autumn Festival masks

Đặng Hương Lan and Nguyễn Văn Hòa have been hand-making traditional Mid-Autumn Festival masks for decades. Learning the craft from their grandparents, the couple make brightly coloured artisanal masks using paper mache.

BridgeFest 2022 set for Đà Nẵng

The theme of BridgeFest 2022 is ‘Be the Change Toward a Human Economy,’ encouraging all to realise the importance of humanity and our shared environment above all else.

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