The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (or Việt Nam National Symphony Orchestra; abbreviated VNSO, Vietnamese: Dàn nhạc giao hưởng Việt Nam) is the foremost symphony orchestra in Vietnam.
The orchestra's origins date back to 1959, although it was divided by the Vietnam War.
[1] Graham Sutcliffe, a long term UK resident in Vietnam, is the orchestra's Resident Conductor,[2] Colin Metters serves as Guest Conductor, and Tetsuji Honna is Music Advisor and Principal Conductor.
[3] Orchestra members are primarily drawn from the Hanoi Conservatory, though Ho Chi Minh City also has a conservatory teaching western music.
[4] The orchestra works with the Hanoi Opera House (VNOB), and the amateur Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra (Dàn nhạc giao hưởng Hà Nội) of the Hanoi Conservatory (Học viên Âm nhạc Quốc gia).