The artists from nearly 20 theatres and traditional art troupes of the countryare presenting extracts from popular cheo (popular opera) and tuong (classicalopera) performances.
"The national competition aims to provide young actors a chance to meet,exchange and nurture their passion for traditional art genres," DeputyMinister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Vuong Duy Bien said. "It alsoencourages and promotes the young artists to show creativity in art throughtheir roles. We hope to find more talent at the competition."
The competition is being co-held by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’sPerforming Art Department, Vietnam Stage Artists Association and People’sCommittee of Thanh Hoa from August 5 to 14.
The competition is also an opportunity for cultural managers and heads of artunits to review the development of traditional arts during the past years andthe work of several traditional artists with a view to creating proper policiesto preserve and boost Vietnamese traditional art genres.
The best performers will be awarded at the competition.-VNA