When Mark Zuckerberg created the “like button” for his social network in 2009, he could never have imagined that Facebook’s most distinctive feature would someday be expected to bring the dead back to life....

Blues legend B.B. King, who took his music from rural juke joints to the mainstream and inspired a generation of guitarists from Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died in Las Vegas. He was 89....

In the cai luong arts in the South, there are many fine names associated with the talented artists such as: King of cai luong singing Ut Tra On, King of funny cai luong singing Van Huong, King of xang xe tune Minh Chi, Emperor of plastic disk Tan Tai, Queen of sadness Ut Bach Lan, Queen of stage......

The 91 year – old professor, the last person in his generation of original ”don ca tai tu” (a kind of southern traditional music player) just got the letter from the Embassy of France in VietNam informing he has been appointed Officier des Arts et Lettres by the Minister of Culture and......

Ca tru singer Pham Thi Hue just finished a three-month trip to introduce Ca tru to students in the city of Cleveland (Ohio, USA). During her free time, she joined a world-music band. She is now in Taiwan to teach traditional music of Vietnam....

My Life wouldn't have been a good life if it wasn't for the Vong Co melody" Minh Canh Said with all sincerity....

Nguyen Thi Tru in HCM City ( Saigon) has been verified as the oldest woman in the world, the World Records Association announced earlier this week....

Starring in music videos at the age of 100, Eileen Kramer is probably the oldest working dancer and choreographer in Australia, if not the world -- and the centenarian revels in her age....

Alexander M. Cannon, a young American music professor, has been researching about don ca tai tu (a traditional southern Vietnamese music genre) in HCM City....

The very first historical and cultural memorial erected to late musician Cao Van Lau has been opened for public view in the Mekong province of Bac Lieu on September 30....

For movie lovers interested in seeing films made by new and emerging Vietnamese talent, the Viet Film Fest is just two weeks away. The Viet Film Fest, formerly known as the Vietnamese International Film Festival, will make its way into theaters in Southern California April 16-19 at the UltraLuxe......

In the comedy genre in Saigon before 1975, Phi Thoan was considered the very first comedian who invented the art of impromptu jokes. The laughter from the audience seemed to reflect the wholesome image of the hard-working farmers in the South, who are joyful and optimistic. Because he was born and......

Vọng cổ is a song, or more appropriately a cycle or pattern, performed in cải lương opera (renovated theater). Although created in the twentieth century, it is most similar to and has its roots in nhạc tài tử chamber music of south Việt Nam. As the central foundation to cải lương opera, it provides......

At "Thien Nhai Tu" temple, a young sadi with the name Tran Tu Tam (Nghe Si Minh Canh) led a peaceful, carefree life of a monk. One cloudy day, a girl called Nhuoc Thuy (Nghe Si Phuong Lien?) came out of nowhere and gave him a letter which told of a horrendous murder that took place 20 years ago......

The Hue Relics Preservation Center has inaugurated the Thai Binh Lau (Royal Library) in the Hue Citadel (Dai Noi) after upgrading since 2010 at a total cost of VND17 billion....

Cai luong is known as the traditional arts of singing and performing. The harmonious combination between the music band and the singers gives extremely good performance, and in some cases, the music band guides the singers to move along with the music and sing. Therefore, the singers seldom sing......

The cai luong (reformed theatre) play Nua Doi Huong Phan (The Flavour), a famous production by scriptwriters Hai Trieu and Hoa Phuong, will be restaged in a new version 58 years after its premiere....

Modern vọng cổ is made up of six phrases of thirty-two measures. A noticeable cadence ends each sub-phrase of four measures. At this cadence, all instruments (and the vocalist) come back together, usually hitting the same note. At eight measures before the end of a phrase, the song loan is tapped......

“Đờn ca tài tử “is a fading genre of folk music which developed and spread mainly in the south of Vietnam during the last century....

UNESCO’s recognition of Don Ca Tai Tu Nam Bo as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity brings deep pride to devotees....