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02:52 EDT FRIday, 19/04/2019

Movie Film about Cai Luong: Song Lang (2018) by Leon Le

A song lang is a musical instrument, a little percussion used in Vietnamese traditional music to keep the tempo for the musicians and the performers and – as the protagonist’s father believed – to “guide the artists down the moral path”.

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Lion dance teams to celebrate mid-Autumn festival

Teams from China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam will compete in the International Kylin and Lion Dance competition at Da Nang’s Helio entertainment centre on September 14-16.

Bai Choi folk singing: Road to become world heritage

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has included Vietnam’s Bai Choi folk singing in its list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

Con Dao island named Asia’s paradise sea: CNN

Boasting crystal turquoise sea and a placid atmosphere, Con Dao island in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau has been named by the US Cable News Network (CNN) as one of Asia’s paradise seas.

Temple to cultural celebrity Dao Tan comes true

10 years ago, Tuy Phuoc district People's Committee proposed to build a temple to worship the cultural celebrity Dao Tan and now the proposal comes true at Vinh Thanh village, hometown of the famous Tuong (Vietnamese classical drama) writer.

In Vietnam, new rules on entertainment industry causes frustration among insiders

Two regulations applied in the performance industry, issued in March, have made insiders frustrated.

Food festival to open in southern Vietnam this week

A festival featuring a variety of traditional dishes typical of southern Vietnam will open on Friday in Can Tho, the largest city in the Mekong Delta region.

Take a walk on Saigon's shortest streets

Tran Dang Dang Khoa, 29, was inspired after reading reports about short streets in Hanoi.

Rootsy Della Mae to bring harmony to Hue Festival

ella Mae, an all-female contemporary Bluegrass group of Nashville fame out of Boston, will bring their perfect harmony and enamouring tunes to the stage of this year’s 2016 Hue Festival.

The Khmer in Vietnam

Vietnam has 1.3 million Khmer people living in the southern provinces of Tra Vinh, Soc Trang, Kien Giang, An Giang, Bac Lieu, Can Tho, and Vinh Long.

VOV in the the hearts of its listeners

In a booming information age with many media formats dominated by television and online newspapers, radio still draws many people. VOV has become the close friend of many listeners around the world. Today, we’ll examine some listeners’ opinions on the occasion of VOV’s 70th anniversary.