(VOVworld) – President Truong Tan Sang paid tribute to Professor Tran Van Khe at his private house in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday. President Sang deeply condoled with Prof. Tran Van Khe’s family and wrote in the funeral memorial book "Say good bye Prof. Tran Van Khe, who presented his career for Vietnamese traditional music conservation and development, an outstanding model for uninterrupted work, create and good heart. His talents and creativity are treasures of Vietnam’s culture.”

Prof. Tran Van Khe, a Vietnamese musicologist, academic, writer, teacher and performer of traditional music; and director of research at The French National Centre for Scientific Research and professor at The French National Centre for Scientific Research and professor at the Sorbonne, passed away on Wednesday in Ho Chi Minh City at the age of 94.