Vietnam's culture has been brought closer to the Sri Lankan people through various programmes held by monks at the Truc Lam Zen Monastery in Kandy city.

French musician and singer Dorothée Hannequin, aka The Rodeo, will have a concert tour to five cities of Vietnam beginning with a show in Ho Chi Minh City on June 16.

A live concert programme will take place in Hanoi next month to commemorate 22 years since composer Trinh Cong Son passed away.

The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House has launched a special event offering music, theatre and comedy performances as part of the centre’s efforts to entertain and attract young people.

During his music career, Van Dung, also former Chairman of the Hanoi Music Association, made great contributions to Vietnamese music with many well-known revolutionary songs.

Nguyet Ca, an English teacher renowned for her Bilingual Songs for Kids project, has again enthralled the community of English students and music lovers with a new project in which she converts lyrics of songs from famed composer Trinh Cong Son into English.

Bach Thuy Linh (stage name Nguyet Ca), an English teacher in Hanoi, and her friends have translated Vietnamese children’s songs into English, so that foreign friends can learn about Vietnamese music. They have also sung these new English-language versions.

Music composer Phu Quang has won the Grand Prize of the 13th Bui Xuan Phai – For Love of Hanoi Awards for his renowned and immortal songs about the capital city.

A ceremony was held in the central province of Ha Tinh on July 20 to present prizes to the most standout entries to a contest of writing songs praising ten young unmarried girls who were volunteers helping with logistics at the Dong Loc T-junction during the war.

Nearly 1,000 Vietnamese and French people gathered in Paris on December 5 to enjoy a night music show of Vietnamese classical choruses.

An art programme featuring Vietnamese and Korean melodies was held in the central province of Binh Dinh on October 14.

A musical evening of Russian songs will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 29.