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”....

Theatre of Vietnam comprises many traditional forms of drama which survive and retain their popularity to varying degrees....

Carmen, one of the most successful and controversial operas, will be performed at the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) this weekend with the alluring French singer Sophie Leleu playing the main female role....

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......