Lu Hu Thi, the oldest musician playing Hue Royal Court Music and the last living member of the Hoa Thanh ceremonial orchestra in the Nguyen Dynasty, currently lives in a small house in Hue City.

The third "Vietnam Today" photo contest themed "Dynamic and friendly Vietnam " was kicked off in Hanoi on June 15.

Hanoi’s Department of Industry and Trade is putting together five tours of the city’s traditional craft villages to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Vietnam Week in Cuba was launched with an interesting programme of cultural events by artists from the Vietnam National Theatre in the Cuban capital Havana on May 31.

Vietnamese folk singing or “Quan Ho Bac Ninh” has been included in the list of “Best in Asia 2010” published by the US magazine The Times.

Close to 200 documents and photos on President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam-France Friendship” are being displayed at an exhibition that opened in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 17.

The Vietnam War Veterans Association in coordination with the Mai Linh Corporation will receive 1,000 heroes and heroic mothers on the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Ha Long Tourism Festival Week and Ha Long Carnival 2010 opened at the city’s central theater on May 1.

Washington audiences had a good opportunity to enjoy a selection of Vietnamese folk music at a concert including the dan tranh (16-string zither) and the dan bau (monochord) given by Vietnamese musicians on April 26.

Park Chung-bae and his Ko-rean friends say that they'll always remember the puppet shows they witnessed by farmer artists and elderly artisans in Dao Thuc village, in Hanoi's Dong Anh district.