Impressive images from election day

The lap steel guitar, or Hawaiian guitar, was adopted in Vietnam in the 1930s. However, the guitar has been faded into oblivion in the last four decades, and its sound has been hardly ever heard. Having a consuming passion for this musical instrument, Bui Bach Lien – an aged teacher in Hanoi has sought many ways to revive the sound of the guitar in the busy city life.

Since COVID-19 has resulted in many cultural activities being suspended, it has become much more difficult for theatres to reach out to young audience members, who have largely lost interest in the theatrical arts. Management agencies and stage artists have, for many years already, tossed and turned about identifying ways to develop a new generation of audience.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the first meeting of the Central Military Commission (2020-2025 tenure) in Hanoi on June 17.

Admirers of art need not go out to visit crowded exhibitions amid the possibility of catching COVID-19. They can just stay home and view online exhibitions in an experience nearly the equal of actually being in a gallery.

Six million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines – half from the UK’s AstraZeneca and half from the US’s Pfizer – will arrive in Vietnam in the third quarter of this year, the Ministry of Health announced on June 15.