A music gala titled Huong Ve Bien Gioi, Bien, Dao To Quoc (Towards the Country’s Borders, Seas and Islands) will be held on August 2 in Ho Chi Minh City to raise funds for soldiers and others living in border areas and islands.
A DVD with performances from more than 70 singers, dancers, musicians and theatre artists has been released to celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year), which will begin on February 16.
Young musicians and producers are driving the music industry, but many artists said their work, while popular, lacks gravitas and is too focused on love themes.
The Empty Pockets, a four-piece rock band from Chicago, will perform in HCM City on December 24, 25 and 26 to raise funds to support nutrition for poor children in Vietnam.
Authorities of northern Phu Tho
province are exerting additional efforts to protect hat xoan (spring
singing), which has been designated part of UNESCO's intangible heritage
sites.
Veteran musician Vu Huy Tien has spent 30 years writing Vietnamese
lyrics and the music score for the contemporary opera Notre Dame de
Paris, based on the French author Victor Hugo's classic novel.
Duyen Dang Vietnam Nam (Charming
Vietnam), a popular music and fashion show, took place in Tuy Hoa city
of the central coastal province of Phu Yen on March 21.
Culture - Sports
XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
