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.  

New tuồng shows feature young artists

Huỳnh Long Tuồng (classical drama), a newly opened private art troupe in HCM City, will offer a series of new shows featuring young artists next week. 

Photo exhibition features the art of cải lương

A photo exhibition featuring the art of cải lương (reformed opera) and its performers has opened at the HCM City Theatre Association.

Stage stalwart creates show for children on YouTube

Theatre actor Bạch Long has a new drama show for children on YouTube called Thằng Bờm Kể Chuyện Xưa (Bờm tells folktales).

Famous cải lương play on love and crime restaged

The cải lương (reformed opera) play Tướng Cướp Bạch Hải Đường (Bandit Bạch Hải Đường), a production by well-known scriptwriter Nguyễn Huỳnh, will be restaged in a new version 61 years after its premiere.

Traditional music contests to be launched       ​​​​​​​ Four traditional music contests will be launched in HCM City and southern provinces next week.

Cải lương industry lacks trainees, wants to revamp curriculum

The training curriculum for the art of cải lương (reformed opera) needs to be revised to attract more students, according to experts.

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.

HCM City theatres receive funding to release plays on YouTube

The HCM City Department of Performing Arts is working on a project to provide funding to theatres and drama troupes to release plays on YouTube as a way to bring the art closer to audiences.