Visitors to Thai Vi Temple in Ninh Binh are often captivated by the graceful presence of Chu Van Thim, the 86-year-old temple ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mid-November concerts at Bates reflect the diversity and international scope of the arts at the college. In the span of four days, the college’s Olin Arts Center Concert Hall presents an evening of ...

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 ...

For good luck, go to eastern New Orleans and hope that the dragon passes close to you during the annual Tet Festival at Mary Queen of Vietnam Church. You'll be jostling amid firecrackers and a happy ...

From jazz's modern edge comes Billy Bang's second reflection on the impact of the Vietnam war experience. Along with fellow Vietnam veterans Ron Brown, Butch Morris, Michael Carvin, and Ted Daniel, ...

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 ...