Jazz musician

Two jazz nights featuring famed Russian guitarist Dmitry Maloletov and renowned Vietnamese saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan will take place in Ho Chi Minh City, with the first event scheduled for this weekend. As part of a series to celebrate the upcoming 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Russia (1950-2020), the events aim to show the unity of Russians and Vietnamese through music as well as promote cultural exchanges between the two peoples. The shows will take place at Sax n Art Jazz Club in District 1 on Sunday evening, and at Van Lang University’s Campus 3 in Binh Thanh District on December 12, respectively, said the Russian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City. The Ho Chi Minh City events are a sequel to a series of the two artists’ joint concerts in Russia two months earlier organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations’ ASEAN center, and the Russian Consulate … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City jazz nights to promote Vietnam-Russia cultural exchange

  Pop star Cẩm Vân (right) and veteran and young singers, dancers and musicians will perform in many music shows to usher in the Christmas and New Year in HCM City. — Photo from the singer's facebook HCM CITY —  A series of drama, music and dance shows featuring hundreds of singers, dancers and theatre artists offering something for everyone in HCM City will begin this weekend.    Trống Đồng Entertainment Centre will cheer the Christmas and New Year and celebrate its 30 years of working with a great open-air music programme on Saturday. The event, 30 Năm Ký Ức Trống Đồng (30 Years - the Best Moments of Trồng Đồng Centre), will feature about 100 veteran and young singers and dance groups. Pop stars Ngọc Sơn and Cẩm Vân, who began their career in the 1980s, will be featured. The concert will also highlight Vietnamese-American veteran … [Read more...] about Music shows bring Christmas cheer to HCM City

Vietnamese-Australian singer Phương Dung will perform in Sài Gòn Bolero, a concert featuring 40 veteran and young singers and dozens of dancers and musicians on June 8 in HCM City. Dung has released more than 300 albums and CDs, mostly bolero and folk music. — Photo courtesy of the organiser Viet Nam News HCM CITY—  Forty singers and dozens of dancers and musicians will perform in the concert Sài Gòn Bolero in HCM City on June 8. Produced by Nhạc Xanh Entertainment, the show will feature veteran singers Đông Đào, Ngọc Ánh and Phương Thủy, who were famous in the 1980s and 90s. Vietnamese-Australian singer Phương Dung will also perform.  Dung began her career in 1960 in Sài Gòn (now HCM City) after recording Nỗi Buồn Gác Trọ (Nostalgic), a bolero song by composers Mạnh Phát and Hoài Linh. She has released more than 300 … [Read more...] about Concert to feature 40 singers at Trống Đồng Centre

Army vehicles parade through the Ho Chi Minh Trail. (Archives photo) Meanwhile, VOV radio broadcasts furnished the soldiers’ “food for thought” and connected them with the world outside the jungles during those years of hardship.  Former VOV reporter Le Thong remembers the day he arrived at the Truong Son Trail in 1972. The two things that impressed him most were the dramatic atmosphere there with soldiers marching and supply trucks running day and night along the trail, and the soldiers’ iron will and endurance to overcome difficulties for national salvation. What kept the soldiers’ spirits up were their little pocket radios on which they listened to VOV broadcasts with music and news from home. One of the many moving stories Thong reported in his 3 years on Truong Son trail concerned a young volunteer who always kept his radio by his side. After he was killed, his body was located by his comrades thanks to his radio, which was still playing … [Read more...] about Stories of Ho Chi Minh trail told by VOV war correspondents