The “Ba Pho Music House” is a special space to preserve traditional musical instruments which serves as a tourism destination for visitors to Hanoi and also helps introduce musician Ba Pho, the founder of the troupe, to the public.

 A van has ploughed into pedestrians outside a Starbucks cafe in a busy public square in Shanghai, China, after catching fire.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight senior Vietnamese artists (six musicians and two singers) last Friday, July 5, completed rehearsals for performing an old piece of tai tu music at an international event in Shanghai this week.

 Authorities in Shanghai began the mass slaughter of poultry at a market after the H7N9 bird flu virus, which has killed five people in China, was detected there, state media said Friday.