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Lovers of “Hat Xam” (blind buskers’ singing) will have a chance to savour a spectacular art performance of the traditional music genre “ at the Hanoi Opera House on January 20.

Over 1,000 foreign passengers, the first callers on New Year day, received warm reception at the Tan Son Nhat int'l airport in HCM City on January 1.

Traditional Vietnamese theatre is being kept alive by many female artists like Nhu Huynh, Thanh Thuy and Mai Tuyet Hoa.

As a world cultural heritage site, Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam is seeking to promote tourism in a sustainable manner for the benefit of the community.

Instead of spending months travelling far and wide to learn about the cultural identities of Vietnam’s diverse ethnic groups, tourists only need spend two hours at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi.

Established in Hanoi in 1997, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology has served as a research centre and a public museum with a mission to collect, document, preserve and exhibit the cultural heritage of Vietnam ’s 54 ethnic groups.

Vietnamese guitarist Tran Tuan An has been bestowed the most outstanding student at the 39th annual ceremony to honour Student Laureates of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

Researchers and artists of traditional folk music presented suggestions to preserve and promote bai choi singing at a workshop held recently in the central province of Binh Dinh , the cradle of the singing.

A ten strong musical ensemble from Venezuela will perform in Hanoi and Hai Phong City as part of “Venezuelan Cultural Week in Vietnam ” from April 11-16.

The Vietnam-China Youth Festival has been held in China’s Guangxi province, making it an outstanding event in the Vietnam-China Friendship Year 2010.

The “Vietnamese Days in India" was opened in the Indian capital city of New Delhi on the evening of Feb. 25 in the presence of Vietnamese NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.