Tài tử music and cải lương (reformed opera) are major topics of paintings created by Cao Thị Được, a native of the Cửu Long (Mekong) province of Bến Tre, which are on display at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.
The career of late scriptwriter Lê Duy Hạnh, one of the South’s leading contemporary theatre artists, will be featured in a documentary film released by the HCM City Theatre Association.
Hồ Chí Minh Television will organise a special cultural programme to support artists of tài tử, the 100-year-old traditional chamber music genre that originated in southern Việt Nam.
The debut performance of Korea's first public contemporary ballet company, Seoul Metropolitan Ballet, is set to break new ground in Korea's dance scene in August.
People’s Artist Trịnh Kim Chi and young actors from TKC Drama Stage, one of the city’s leading private art troupes, are working on a new play featuring Vietnamese history.