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 ...
The Mekong is the world’s twelfth-longest river and a major trade artery between China and Southeast Asia. Its name derives from the Lao and Thai words for “mother of waters,” and for good reason: on ...
Like most kids, Thanh Tân wasn’t always into her parents’ generation’s music. Music was a constant in the second-generation Vietnamese American’s home, particularly “Paris by Night” — a ...
HO CHI MINH CITY: Every Sunday a small room in an apartment building in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City transforms itself into a lively stage where children learn to give life to strings and puppets. When we ...
In “Dưới Quê Vui Hơn” (roughly, “It Was More Fun Down Home” or “Happier in the Countryside”), a small-town girl arrives in Saigon for a few days, becoming overwhelmed by the city’s hustle and bustle. ...
Hoa Minzy, Duc Phuc and Phuong My Chi didn’t just dominate charts - they redefined modern Vietnamese music with bold cultural expressions. In 2025, Vietnamese music saw an explosive surge in global ...
For Tân and other Vietnamese immigrant families who primarily fled from South Vietnam to the United States after the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975 — marking the end of the Vietnam War — Vietnamese ...