Festivals cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns Thừa Thiên Huế Province’s People’s Committee on Friday (July 31) announced the cancellation of Huế Festival amid a new COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

Rekindling and reimagining a musical artform

Musician Nguyễn Quang Long is well-known for his devotion in reviving xẩm (blind busker’s singing). Actually, he’s also a researcher of various types of traditional performing arts. He speaks with Minh Thu about the works behind the curtain.

Variety show to feature Cửu Long culture A variety show featuring the Cửu Long culture and lifestyle will be staged by young artists from the Phương Nam Theatre at Gia Định Park in HCM City this weekend. 

​​​​​​​Cải lương artists to stage new southern-style shows in Hà Nội

A group of cải lương artists of HCM City will perform in famous plays staged by the Việt Nam Cải Lương Theatre in Hà Nội as part of a special cultural programme offering free shows launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in July.  

Book highlights life and career of music researcher Bảo

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp has released a book on life and career of 102-year-old musician Nguyễn Vĩnh Bảo, a researcher of tài tử music, a genre of traditional music unique to southern Việt Nam.

City cải lương theatres returns after COVID-19 HCM City’s leading cải lương (reformed opera) theatres are planning to introduce quality shows after closing for a long period due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beloved composer dies at 72 Musician Vũ Đức Sao Biển died last night at his house in HCM City, his family said. He was 72 years old.

Artist revives cải lương with new style on YouTube channel  ​​​​​​​ “Everything that I have today is due to my love and contribution to cải lương (reformed opera),”  said actor Võ Minh Lâm of Trần Hữu Trang Cải Lương Theatre, one of HCM City’s leading art troupes in the traditional operatic art.

HTV, Cultural House launch programme to promote tài tử music

A monthly show on tài tử music is being held on Sunday afternoons at the HCM City Youth Cultural House.

More festivals postponed due to fears of COVID-19

The increasing global spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic has forced the organisers of national and international cultural events and celebrations to change schedules, reduce scale or even cancel the events.