Vietnam News News Vietnam » Music: 11 notable songs about the Vietnam War
War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War during the countercultural movements of the 1960s and ’70s. The ...
News Vietnam » Music: Composer battles the ghosts of Vietnam with music
For more than half of James “Kimo” Williams’ 51 years, Vietnam has permeated his life, his work and his music. The months he spent in the jungles of Southeast Asia in 1970 as a U.S. Army combat ...
News Vietnam » Music: During Vietnam War, music spoke to both sides of a divided nation
An aerial view of the massive crowds that crowded around the stage at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 16, 1969. (Marty Lederhandler/AP) (The Conversation is an independent ...
News Vietnam » Music: The force behind Vietnam’s classical music tradition: Madame Thai Thi Lien
The classroom at the Vietnam National Academy of Music could be almost any place in the world where piano is taught. The furniture and lighting are institutional. The walls have soundproofing. There ...
News Vietnam » Music: Popular Music in Vietnam
In Vietnam today, patriotic odes to the glory of the revolution may still be heard at Communist Party meetings, but millions of ordinary Vietnamese opt for the modern pop songs being belted out on CDs ...
News Vietnam » Music: 'Next Stop Is Vietnam': The War In Music
I've never seen anything like Next Stop Is Vietnam, as much a very long documentary in sound as it is a comprehensive collection of songs. From the very first arrival of the American "advisers," as ...
News Vietnam » Music: Vietnam’s music and sports stars honoured at Cong Hien Awards
Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace in Hanoi, the 20th Cong Hien Awards ceremony honoured outstanding achievements in music and sport over the past year.
News Vietnam » Music: Jailed for Love Songs? Yes, and Still Singing.
Nguyen Van Loc was persecuted for performing Hanoi’s old romantic music during (and after) the Vietnam War. He can’t stop. He won’t stop.
News Vietnam » Music: 11 notable songs about the Vietnam War
Editor's note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. War, ...
News Vietnam » Music: During Vietnam, music spoke to both sides of a divided nation
Music is central to Ken Burns’s new Vietnam War documentary, with an original score accompanied by samples of the era’s most popular musicians, from the Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan. According to USA ...