Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a country in Southeast Asia. It is located at the eastern edge of the Indochinese Peninsula, Vietnam is divided into 58 provinces and five municipalities, with a population of over 96 million inhabitants as of 2019, making it the 16th most populous country in the world. Vietnam shares its land borders with China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west.  Its capital city is Hanoi.  

Traditional Vietnamese music is highly diverse and syncretistic, combining native ethnic minority groups music with foreign influences. Throughout its history, Vietnam has been most heavily influenced by the Chinese, Korean, Mongolia, and Japanese musical traditions. The former Indochinese kingdom of Champa also exerted some influence on Vietnam’s traditional music.

Resource: Music of Vietnamese – Wikipedia