HAPPILY EVER AFTER: A TV series about Vietnamese fairy tales called Co Tich Nuoc Nam has attracted several millions of viewers on YouTube. (Photo courtesy of the producer) The work, Co Tich Nuoc Nam (VietnameseTales), features Vietnamese history, culture and lifestyle.
It includes beautiful scenes captured in the Mekong Delta River and southernprovinces, interspersed with the folk songs and traditional customs of thesouthern people.
The themes of bravery, honesty and patriotism are also highlighted.
The series Co Tich Nuoc Nam ispart of a long-term film project produced by Xuan Phuoc Studio in cooperationwith Vĩnh Long Radio & Television in 2021.
The project offers web dramas and TV shows on Vietnamese fairy tales which arebased on Kho Tang Truyen Co Tich Vietnam (TheTreasure of Vietnamese Fairy Tales), a collection of Vietnamese fairy talesrewritten by late professor Nguyen Dong Chi.
The collection includes five books and lively pictures released by the HCMCity-based Tre (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, Xuan Phuoc Studio released 40 shows on YouTube, earning around 20million views.
The latest 25-minute show, called Vo NhapTrang (Ghost Wife), released on June 1, has attracted nearly 450,000views on YouTube.
It tells the story of a poor farmer who uses his intelligence to protect hiswife from evil.
"We decided to invest in shows based on Vietnamese fairy tales and releasethem on YouTube to attract children and teenagers,” said film director Xuan Phuoc,owner of Xuan Phuoc Studio. “We have worked to make quality productions andbring a new taste of Vietnamese culture and lifestyle to young viewers”./.
VNA
