Students who are studying Vietnamese from the Faculty of Asian and Northern African Studies under the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice performed Vietnamese folk songs, water puppet shows and recited the Tale of Kieu during the “Vietnam Soul” event on December 21.
With a passion for football from an early age, violinist Trinh Minh Hien has reimagined the two 2022 World Cup songs, “Dreamers” and “Hayya Hayya”, played on violin, guitar, or accordion.
Cheo is a traditional theatrical art imbued with Vietnamese cultural identity. It is believed to have originated in the 10th century and has its roots in village festivals in the Red River Delta.
The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House has launched a special event offering music, theatre and comedy performances as part of the centre’s efforts to entertain and attract young people.
The Khen be (panpipe) is a typical musical instrument of the Thai ethnic minority people and been handed down through generations. The ethnic minority use the “Khen be” as an accompaniment to folk songs and dance at traditional festivals and other significant events. It has played a consistent and important role in their spiritual lives.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has become popular to both domestic and foreign visitors after Dak Nong Geopark was recognised as a global geopark by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
Young musicians born in the 1980s and 1990s who did not experience war still create emotional revolutionary music works through the stories of earlier generations and out of their love for their country.
During his music career, Van Dung, also former Chairman of the Hanoi Music Association, made great contributions to Vietnamese music with many well-known revolutionary songs.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the Party organisation, administration, and people of northern Bac Ninh province on January 24.
The rights to music by composer Nguyen Van Chung have been brought by Chinese artists, with the intention of re-recording and releasing in the Chinese market. Chung will be the first Vietnamese musician whose songs are copyrighted in China.
The Hanoi Cultural Centre under the municipal Department of Culture and Sports has released eight songs to encourage people’s spirit and solidarity amid the ongoing COVID-19 and express gratitude to frontline workers.
Nguyet Ca, an English teacher renowned for her Bilingual Songs for Kids project, has again enthralled the community of English students and music lovers with a new project in which she converts lyrics of songs from famed composer Trinh Cong Son into English.
Bach Thuy Linh (stage name Nguyet Ca), an English teacher in Hanoi, and her friends have translated Vietnamese children’s songs into English, so that foreign friends can learn about Vietnamese music. They have also sung these new English-language versions.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will develop a plan on preserving, restoring and promoting folk songs, dances and music of ethnic minority groups in tandem with boosting tourism for the 2021 – 2030 period.
A music festival to pay tribute to Mothers around the world will be organised by the Vietnam International Trade & Investment Promotion Centre on the Mother’s Day (May 9) at the Vietnam National Convention Centre.
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