VOV.VN - The fourth International New Music Festival - Vietnam 2025 opened at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, Hanoi, ...

The 4th International Asia–Europe New Music Festival opened in Hanoi on November 27, drawing 30 international composers and ...

A survey of the immigrant New Wave music scene in the U.S. after the Vietnam War leads filmmaker Elizabeth Ai to make startling discoveries about her own past.

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In 2018, Elizabeth Ai was pregnant with her daughter and on the verge of another profound change: Already a film producer, Ai was beginning a 6-year journey that would lead her to become both a ...

Violent, traumatizing scenes flash on the screen — battles, bullets, children being cradled, people fleeing from Vietnam to refuge in America — as "New Wave," the documentary, opens. These are the ...

Hoa Minzy, Duc Phuc and Phuong My Chi didn’t just dominate charts - they redefined modern Vietnamese music with bold cultural expressions. In 2025, Vietnamese music saw an explosive surge in global ...

Master of Vietnamese traditional instruments Van-Anh Vanessa Vo joined host Rachael Maurer to share about VIET DAY- highlighting Vietnamese art, music and culture in the Bay Area.

Image from New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the Vietnamese Diaspora (2024) written by Elizabeth Ai and published by Angel City Press (all images courtesy Angel City Press) Elizabeth Ai's ...

Many Vietnamese rap songs feature themes like drugs or sex, largely because some artists unthinkingly imitate their western counterparts. Once considered a niche genre, Vietnamese rap has grown ...