Based on the  practical requirement of Vietnam National Academy of Music to build up the  subject of instrumental music education, from 2007 up to now a special program has been designed for instrumental teachers of VNAM. During  three years, a group of  six key teachers majored  on piano,  winds, strings, voice and accordion  have  been coached by Norwegian experts  leaded by Prof. Grete helle Rasmussen – Dean of music education  of  BarratDue institute of Music.  

In the framework of Transpositions, the cultural exchange project between Vietnam and Norway, a group of artists leaded by Professor Stephan Barrat Due, principal of the Institute was in Hanoi to conduct the master class at strings department of the Vietnam National Academy of Music from 12 to 16 November 2013.

At the invitation of the Agency for Cultural of Japan and the Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras, Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra - Vietnam National Academy of Music attended the Asian Orchestra Week (AOW) in Tokyo and Fukushima cities from 2nd to 5th October 2012. This is the second time the orchestra was invited to attend the event, the first trip was held in 1998.

At the Geidai Arts Summit 2012 in Tokyo, Japan  The "Geidai Arts Summit 2012 - From Asia to the World - the Development and Cooperation" was successfully held in Tokyo  from  9 to 12 October  2012 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the establishment of Tokyo University of the Arts. The 23 art institutes from 8 countries and  area: Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan participated this symposium to consider how to cooperate among art universities from Asia to the world and create new Asian art.

To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in May 2012, British Council Vietnam with support from Diageo Vietnam invited the all-female UK acapella group Black Voices to Vietnam to perform for the first time. Black Voices is a unique and truly outstanding quality acapella band who has entertained Former President Nelson Mandela, The Late Pope and most of the members of the British Royal Family. Black Voices appeared first in City Opera House, Ho Chi Minh City on 20 May then at Hanoi Opera House on 21 May 2012.
 

In order to strengthen relations between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of Colombia through culture, the Colombia´s Ministry of Foreign Affairs arranges the musical project “Colombian beats “ in Hanoi presenting the  workshop given by the Colombian maestro Samuel Torres, widely recognized as a virtuoso at home and abroad.

In the framework of  the cooperation tetween the Embassy of the Republic of Chile and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam, the Chilean duo arrived in Hanoi on 20 and 21 October 2012. Members of the group are the two famous artists Vivianna Guzman (flute) and Mahani Teave (piano).