Sweet Vietnamese melodies in France

"Homeland Melody" is a special art program to conclude one year of operation of the Vietnam Cultural Center in France.

On the evening of November 15, the Vietnamese Cultural Center in France organized the music program “Homeland Melody” to mark the end of activities within the framework of the Vietnam Year in France. The program attracted the participation of many Vietnamese people and French friends who love Vietnam.

Performance of traditional musical instruments. (Photo: Dao Dung)

The program features singers known to the Vietnamese community in France such as Alain Vu Hoang My, Le Quyen, Nguyen Vinh Tien, Thu Thuy... and artists from the band "Tieng to dong".

The artists brought the audience peaceful, warm moments in the first days of winter in the capital Paris, through songs, melodies rich in images and sounds about the land and people of Vietnam, musical instruments imbued with the cultural identity of the nation such as flutes, t'rung, monochord...

Reviewing the Center's activities over the past 3 years, Mr. Le Hong Chuong said that in recent years, the Vietnam Cultural Center in France has organized many cultural events and activities at the Center as well as in French localities and has truly become a familiar address for many Vietnamese people as well as French friends.

With the aim of becoming a common home for cultural activities, the Center currently has dozens of classes teaching Vietnamese language, traditional musical instruments, singing, traditional Vietnamese martial arts and seminars and meetings of associations. In addition, the Center is also an address for associations of the Vietnamese community in France to contact and cooperate in many cultural activities towards the homeland and the country. The Center's cultural materials have been used by localities in France to promote Vietnamese culture and strengthen the relationship between Vietnam and France.

French artist performs Vietnamese monochord.

In particular, in 2013 and 2014, the French Year in Vietnam and the Vietnamese Year in France, many cultural events were held by both Vietnam and France, leaving many good impressions in the hearts of the French and Vietnamese people. This is also an honor for the Center in particular and those working in cultural affairs in general because they have devoted themselves to the successful implementation of the events.

Through that, the Vietnamese Cultural Center in France has increasingly affirmed its position as a common home, a familiar address for those who love Vietnam, serving better and better the spiritual life of Vietnamese people in France and enhancing understanding and cultural exchange between Vietnam and French and international friends.

In the coming time, one of the goals of the Center is to expand promotion so that Vietnamese people as well as French friends know about the center and participate in more activities.

According to VOV