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Vietnamese singer Vu Cat Tuong, who is popular among young Vietnamese music fans with hit songs like Don’t You Go, Vet Mua (Trace of Rain) or Ngay Hom Qua (Yesterday), will perform at the Asia Song Festival in the Republic of Korea on October 2-3.

The Vietnam Tuong (classical drama) Theatre has staged a “tuong” play entitled “The legend of Redhill”, featuring Tuong artists of Vietnam and drama and dancing artists from Singapore.

Two books featuring the history of South Vietnam were released by Ho Chi Minh City-based publishing houses last week.

The first multi-media exhibition featuring Shan Tuyet tea is giving visitors a chance to try a rare kind of Vietnamese tea with senses.

The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund presented scholarships to 15 outstanding ethnic students nationwide, who had excellent academic performance during 2017-2018 academic year, at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 16.

Authorities in the central province of Thanh Hoa have allocated more money to further excavate Trieu Tuong Mausoleum site.

A 65ha freshwater reservoir with a designed capacity of 4.5 million cubic metres will be built in Vinh Tuong commune, Vi Thuy district, Hau Giang province in response to climate change.

Dozens of paintings and sculptures featuring performers and plays of Tuong and Hat Boi (classical drama), a Vietnamese traditional theatre originating in the 12th century, are now on display at the Garden Mall in HCM City.

The northern province of Ha Nam held a ceremony on January 13 to mark six decades since President Ho Chi Minh visited the province.

A series of four posters featuring characters from an ancient Tuong play (classical drama) by Vietnamese designer Dang Thi Bich Ngoc has been named a winner of the 2017 American Graphic Design Awards.

Art troupes of Vietnam and China are holding a stage exchange programme featuring their traditional dramas.

Nghinh Ong Festival, an event for fishermen to show their respect for the whale and gratitude for a bumper catch, will return to Can Gio district of Ho Chi Minh City in October with a bigger scale.

The new and privately-owned Nui Nhan Tuong (classical drama) troupe has opened in Phu Yen province’s Tuy Hoa city.

Some 100 young traditional artists are performing at the National Traditional Art Talent Competition taking place in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

The Tuong Binh Hiep craft village in Phu Dau Mot city, the southern province of Bình Dương has produced lacquer products over nearly 100 years.

A new tuong (classical drama) show, the brainchild of a Vietnamese and Singaporean director, will be performed at Pohang Bada International Festival in the Republic of Korea in August.

The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund will provide the Mo duong den tuong lai scholarships to at least 33 ethnic girls to enable them to complete high school and tertiary education in the next seven years.

Bac Ha district in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai experienced a 200 percent surge year on year in number of tourists in the first five months of the year, according to Ta Cong Huy, Chairman of the local People’s Committee.

“Tuong”” (classical drama) is considered a “specialty” of Tho Ha village, Van Ha commune, Viet Yen district, northern Bac Giang province.

The traditional art of lacquerware in the southern province of Binh Duong’s Tuong Binh Hiep ward has been accredited as a national intangible heritage.