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

All the right chords

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

Guardian of Lanh My A

Chau Giang More than simply a designer, Vo Viet Chung has spent 25 years restoring and preserving rare traditional fabrics such as Lanh My A silk. Vo Viet Chung has been passionate about making áo dài since his early days. At the age of 18, he started to work night shifts as an assistant for Saigon’s most prestigious tailor shops while pursuing a degree in Economics. In 1994, he launched […]

24/03/2021 - Portrait