Two of Vietnam's most esteemed musicians bring their music to the Asia Society. Ms. Nguyen Thanh Thuy presents the exquisite music of the dan tranh (zither), a traditional instrument originally from ...
Dancers spin across a stage in flowing silk tunics under a bridge evoking Vietnam’s imperial city. Quang Le, a popular young Vietnamese singer, serenades the audience with a song about falling in love ...
Before the Vietnam War, Mai Nguyen was an acclaimed music professor at the Saigon National Conservatory. Students came from afar to seek out her expertise with the Vietnamese zither, a harp-like ...
The trend of infusing folk culture and traditional arts into contemporary music is not only thriving in Vietnam but is also gaining ground internationally. Through impressive performances and ...
It doesn't take much to search out certain parts of Vietnamese culture in Orange County. Take a spin around Garden Grove, Fountain Valley or Westminster and it's impossible to go more than a few ...
Visitors to Thai Vi Temple in Ninh Binh are often captivated by the graceful presence of Chu Van Thim, the 86-year-old temple keeper who once appeared in the film The Boat of Fate. Beyond admiring the ...
An event on the exchange between Vietnamese and Chinese folk music culture was held Saturday in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. Hosted by the Confucius Institute at Hanoi University, the event featured ...
This weekend in the arts, the experimental Vietnamese music of Vân-Ánh Võ, 1960's women's lithography, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival and the Met Opera's 'Ariadne Auf Naxos.' As we move further ...
Ironically, while the North won the war, it is the once-banned yellow music of the South which Vietnamese love. Ironically, while the North won the war, is is the once-banned yellow music of the South ...
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In Vietnam today, patriotic odes to the glory of the revolution may still be heard at Communist Party meetings, but millions of ordinary Vietnamese opt for the modern pop songs being belted out on CDs ...