A “Vietnam Culture Day” programme took place in Copenhagen, Denmark,
on March 19, aimed at increasing understanding on the land and people
of Vietnam as well as promoting cooperation.
Y Thim Byă has become the largest collector of gongs and jars and the
first person to open a private cultural museum in the Central Highlands
province of Dak Lak.
Five Vietnamese artists who play traditional musical instruments will
join five Danish artists at a concert named “Sunny days, Rainy nights”
in Hanoi on Oct. 16.
Two young Vietnamese artists gave a performance of “Dan Tranh” and “Dan
Bau” –
the two traditional musical instruments – at the US Department of
Energy’s
Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York on April 28.
A number of folk musicians from the central province of Quang
Ngai will perform on Jeju Island in the Republic of Korea (the RoK),
from September 24-28.