HCM City celebrates Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day
The celebration is organised by the Department of Culture and Sports and the city’s Cultural Heritage Association. The major event will be held on November 23 at the city’s Fine Arts Museum, including a presentation of traditional martial arts, a fashion show of ao dai (Vietnamese traditional dress), and performances of tai tu music, quan ho (love duet singing) and cheo (traditional opera). The programme will also feature excerpts from famous hat boi (classical drama) and cai luong (reformed opera) plays performed by the city-based Hat Boi Theatre and Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theatre. The organisers will hold a talk show themed “Ben Bach Dang – Dau an van hoa tren ben duoi thuyen” (Bach Dang Wharf and River Culture) with female archaeologist Nguyen Thi Hau, general secretary of the HCM City Historical Science Association. The show will be held on November 23 at the Ho Chi Minh Museum – HCM City Branch. An antique car parade will be held downtown on November 19, running thro...