Pham Duc Thanh has been played on NTS in shows including Time Is Away, featured first on 30 March 2023. Songs played include Tam Hip Trong Cheo (Eight Measures on the Drum) and Morning In The Villages (Central Vietnam) .

Pham Duc Thanh is a world-renowned musician known for his masterful ability on the Vietnamese one-stringed instrument (Dan Bau). He was born in 1958 in Ninh Binh, Vietnam. His talent was fully apparent from his youth: he was adept at the Chèo drumming style at age 4, he learned the mandolin at age 5, and he had begun playing Dan Bau (monochord) and Dan…