NDO – Prof, People’s Artist Tran Bang, who has worked as a director of Cheo (Vietnamese traditional opera) for more than 50 years, granted an interview with a Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper reporter, sharing about the direction for the development traditional stage in the context that young audiences are no longer interested in because they have many choices for...

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Hong Kong’s 13-year-old pianist Peter Leung returns to Vietnam to perform at the Peter Leung – A Piano Prodigy concert on August 17 at the Soul Live Project Complex in Ho Chi Minh City. Peter Leung (Source: vov.vn) He had performed Vietnam with his teacher Lang Lang last year. The youngster will take the audience...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese film makers have won a number of prizes at a European film festival. From right to left, producers Tran Thi Bich Ngoc, Duong Dieu Linh and Le Quynh Anh are pictured with Locarno Film Festival awards (Photo courtesy of SEAFIC) Culi Never Cries, the debut drama by Pham Ngoc Lan, won two prizes in the...

Hanoi (VNA) - An art performance honouring filial piety and Buddhist philosophy will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on August 16. An art performance honouring filial piety and Buddhist philosophy will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on August 16. (Photo: VNA) The event will celebrate the Vu Lan Festival, a Buddhist event that emerged long...

For the Tay and Nung ethnic communities in Lang Son province, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month – an important festival of Vietnamese people in general – is also the festival of the maternal side, called “Pay tai”, which is one of the two most important traditional festivals in a year, aside from the Lunar New Year....

Phu Yen (VNA) – A kaleidoscope of Vietnamese cultures, traditional practices and breathtaking world heritage sites are featured at the “Vietnam-Cultural Colours” exhibition, which is scheduled for August 18-21 in the south central province of Phu Yen. Stunning Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Photo: VNA) The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Vietnam Exhibition Centre for...

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Thua Thien – Hue (VNA) – The central province of Thua Thien – Hue will hold a monthly night fair at Thanh Toan tile-roofed bridge from 7pm on August 16, or the 16th day of the seventh lunar month. Thanh Toan bridge (Photo: VNA) From now on, the fair will be held on the 16th day of the...

Hanoi (VNA) - The Taitung County Government will lead local culture and creativity businesses to attend the “2019 Vietnam Taiwan EXPO” organised by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) at Hanoi’s International Centre of Exhibition from August 8 – 10. Products of Atabeads Culture Workshop (Photo: VNA) What factors led to Taitung County Government’s participation in this...

(VNA) - Well-known Russian violinist and conductor Viktor Tretyakov touched down in Vietnam on August 2 to serve as judge for the Vietnam International Music Competition for Violin and Chamber Music 2019, set to take place in Hanoi from August 3- 11, reported Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV). Well-known Russian violinist and conductor Viktor Tretyakov (first from left)...