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 ...

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 classroom at the Vietnam National Academy of Music could be almost any place in the world where piano is taught. The furniture and lighting are institutional. The walls have soundproofing. There ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attended a state banquet hosted by Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on the evening of May 2 ...

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 ...

That an aspiring Vietnamese musician in this day and age can study jazz at conservatoire level in Hanoi, or jam three hundred and sixty-five days a year in a jazz club in the Vietnamese capital, is ...

Politburo’s Resolution No. 80 on developing Vietnamese culture places a stronger emphasis on nurturing talent in traditional ...