Music of Vietnam

Vietnamese musical culture is highly syncretist, combining native, Western, and Chinese influences. Some claim that classical Vietnamese music sound closer to those of Mongolia and Japan. Approximately fifty ethnic groups are indigenous to the region; these peoples are closely related to neighboring Laotian, Thai and other Southeast Asian ethnicities. Ethnic Vietnamese lowlanders dominate the country's modern culture.

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Vietnam - Culture - Chinese - Ethnic group - Laotian - Thai - Southeast Asia

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