The pre-teaser of Kiều, a new film based on the 18th-century Vietnamese epic poem Truyện Kiều (The Tale of Kiều), was released on YouTube last weekend.

Hà Lê was already known in Việt Nam’s underground music scene as a leading rapper, dancer, and choreographer. He was at the centre of a degree of controversy last year, after revealing that his new project, “Trịnh Contemporary”, was to bring a breath of fresh air to the music of renowned Vietnamese composer Trịnh Công Sơn, with rap perhaps on the cards.

See Sing Share produced by singer Hà Anh Tuấn, which won Show of the Year and Music Series of the Year at the Cống Hiến (Devotion) Music Awards in 2019, has returned for season 4 on YouTube.

A photo exhibition featuring the career of People’s Artist Minh Vương, a leading artist of cải lương (reformed opera), a traditional genre of southern theatre, will open in HCM City this week. 

Rock and rap, two music genres that originated overseas, were not that popular two decades ago in Việt Nam, but thanks to their special characteristics, they have become more mainstream and have been passionately embraced by local youth and fans.

The ministry of culture is planning for an online theatre project to entertain audience, who cannot go to theatre during Covid-19 pandemic and also a way to rescue art troupes from being in debt without income from selling tickets.