NDO – Vietnamese – French choreographer Sebastien Ly, who has become famous in Vietnam in recent years, has always desired to develop the country’s contemporary arts. 

NDO - Legal institutions are the key for the advance and success of enterprises in the digital transformation in order to take advantage of opportunities from the industrial revolution 4.0, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) Nguyen Dinh Cung told Nhan Dan. 

NDO – Young people will not turn their backs on traditional music if enthusiastic inspirers are mobilised and the State issues long-term polities to preserve folk art forms. 

NDO – Hanoi-based designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam, Chairman of Vietnamese Ao Dai Club, shared with delight that Ao Dai (traditional Vietnamese long dresses) have changed his life, and his journey to bring the country’s cultural symbol to the world is always kept alive in his memory. 

NDO – Tuan Le is renowned for his role as the creative director of A O Show, Lang Toi (My Village) and Teh Dar, some of the most-anticipated theatrical shows spotlighting Vietnamese culture. 

NDO – Born in 1972 in Tra Vinh province, military captain in Tran Binh Phuc has had a decade working as a teacher for children in Hon Chuoi island, helping them learn how to read and write and acquire knowledge. 

NDO - The YUME Art Project recently launched a programme entitled ‘Tiep Buoc Tram Nam (Follow in the Century-Old Tradition) in Ho Chi Minh City with the aim to bring cai luong (reformed theatre) closer to the youth. Nhan Dan (People) Weekly Newspaper spoke with Dr Dao Le Na, a lecturer from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, and co-founder of YUME, to explore more about the programme. 

NDO – On the first day of the lunar New Year (Tet) 2019 – the Year of the Pig, Nhan Dan Weekly Newspaper held a talk with folklore cultural researcher Nguyen Hung Vy, who during his talk reiterated the true eternal value of Tet in Vietnamese people’s spiritual life. 

NDO – On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong granted Nhan Dan Newspaper an interview, in which he sent his new political determination to the whole people and army, urging for strengthened unity to boost innovation for rapid and sustainable national development. 

NDO – Master Phung Thi Lan Phuong, Head of the Free Trade Agreement Office under the WTO and Integration Centre, under the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), spoke to Nhan Dan Online about the measures to help Vietnamese businesses take advantage of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which officially came into effect in Vietnam from January 14. 

NDO – As Tet (lunar New Year) festival is approaching, those who love traditional values can easily enjoy bright-coloured Kim Hoang folk paintings and lively applications of the traditional genre of painting in contemporary life. Arts collector Nguyen Thi Thu Hoa, who is running a project on preserving Kim Hoang paintings, granted an interview with the Thoi Nay (Today) publication of Nhan Dan (The People) Newspaper to review how the project came into being. 

NDO – Since its launch in 2016, Matca (literally translated as Fish Eye) - a website on the contemporary photography of the world and Vietnam at www.matca.vn - has established itself as an interesting address for photography lovers.  

NDO – Established as an experience photojournalist, Nguyen Viet Thanh has been invited to join the jury at many photo contests over the past few years. In an interview granted to Nhan Dan (People) Weekly, Thanh said that he is always excited whenever working as a judge of competition as it helps him learn from young photographers, thus completing his skill. 

NDO – As a person who has a natural association with Vietnam, French photographer Nicolas Cornet has introduced several works in his photo book on Vietnamese pagodas.