21/10/2022 - Portrait
27/08/2021 - Portrait
Giang Lam A love of literature and animals has inspired a collector’s passion for old books Collectors prize old books, with first editions being the most valuable. Collector Vu Danh Tuan, a true bookworm, has put a great deal of effort into collecting world-famous books, especially those about animals. Through various auctions, he has acquired some extremely rare books, […]
08/04/2021 - Portrait
Khac Thi Director Leon Quang Le has turned his passion for Vietnamese traditional arts into an internationally acclaimed film. Leon Quang Le’s film debut Song Lang is a love letter to two arts: cinema and cai luong, the traditional Vietnamese folk opera form. The film, set in late 1980s Saigon, tells the story of a financially struggling cai luong troupe […]
29/03/2021 - Portrait
Story: Nguyen NguyenPhoto: Tram Luong Classical guitarist Tran Tuan An is a prodigious talent who is bringing Vietnamese songs to audiences around the world. I met guitarist Tran Tuan An one day after his sold-out concert at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi, the place where An began his musical journey 17 years ago with an old guitar […]
25/03/2021 - Portrait