Studying Chinese enriches Vietnamese students' lives with cultural values

HANOI - Studying Chinese, one of the world's most spoken languages, has not only brightened the career paths for Vietnamese students, but also enriched their lives culturally with impassioned values. "Learning Chinese is so much fun because I can come to understand many good songs and rhythms," said Ha Kieu My, a third-year student at the Hanoi-based Foreign Trade University, who was a finalist at the 2nd Chinese singing contest held by the Confucius Institute in Vietnam on Wednesday night.

At the music competition, held under the framework of the Chinese Culture Week in Vietnam and Confucius Institute Day 2017, some 11 finalists from six universities in Hanoi performed Chinese songs of all genres, from classic to modern, before hundreds of excited fans in the audience.

Sitting in the crowded theater of Hanoi University, a fourth-year student of Chinese, Bui Thanh Huyen, said she has been fond of Chinese music since she was a little girl.