• Blind musician sings in the face of tragedy

    09/05/2009 11:00

    Blindness, poverty and the sudden death of his mother haven’t muted the musical talents of Blup Au from a village in the Central Highlands. Vu Cong Dien meets the man himself....

  • Talented teen challenges hand fate dealt him

    07/05/2009 11:00

    Where there is a will, there is a way. “And, you don’t even need hands,” 17-year-old Nguyen Minh Tri, who lives in An Giang Province in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, could well be adding to this...

  • Farmer by day, operetta master by night

    22/04/2009 11:00

    Ha Quang Ngan is not just a mere farmer. He is also an artisan who strives to preserve two unique performances of cheo (traditional operetta) and pass them on to younger generations. A traditional...

  • Doctor uses music to heal troubled minds

    18/04/2009 11:00

    Psychiatrist Dr Nguyen Van Tho treats a patient at National Mental Hospital 2 in Dong Nai Province. The doctor has spent the last 40 years developing treatment using music. Never underestimate the...

  • Disabled teen won’t let adversity get in his way

    18/04/2009 11:00

    Tran Trong Viet is a role model student. He gets top grades, helps his parents and cycles 8km to school everyday from his native Bach Thuan Village. But there’s something different about Viet’s story – he only has the use of his...

  • Top notch regal finery made to order

    18/04/2009 11:00

    Tailor Nguyen Van Xoan teaches his granddaughter to sew a traditional costume for participants in the Hung Kings Temple festival which falls on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month. Thanks to one...

  • Farmer shelters flock of 10,000 storks

    18/04/2009 11:00

    Farmer Nguyen Van Ky takes a look at his wild boars. VietNamNet Bridge - Trung Hieu joins a HCM City farmer, who has set aside half his garden as a shelter for storks, to watch the birds take...

  • Muong man’s lifelong devotion to preserving ancient drum dance

    17/04/2009 11:00

    For Le Van Ban, an old man from the Muong ethnic minority group in the northern midland province of Phu Tho, the Du drum dance has become part of his life. An old house with a thatched roof on...

  • The Grand Masters

    10/04/2009 11:00

    The veteran masters of Binh Dinh province have upheld the spirit of Vietnam’s martial arts. The veteran masters of Binh Dinh province have upheld the spirit of Vietnam’s martial...

  • A defiant musicologist

    04/04/2009 11:00

    Vu Ba Pho’s mind often travels back to when he was just an eight year old boy. It was then that his parents sowed the seeds of his love affair with traditional music by giving him a dan nguyet (mandolin)....