Monsoon Music Festival (MMF), Vietnam’s biggest music event, will now be celebrated annually as part of an ambitious plan to develop culture in the capital through 2020, with a vision to 2030.
Land – a young band consisting of nine students of the Berklee College of Music – will perform on the second day of the 2017 Monsoon Music Festival. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi(VNA) - Monsoon Music Festival (MMF), Vietnam’s biggest music event, will nowbe celebrated annually as part of an ambitious plan to develop culture in thecapital through 2020, with a vision to 2030.
The plan was recently approved by Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee NguyenDuc Chung.
Since its debut in 2014, MMF has attracted thousands of music lovers from Vietnamand other Asian countries thanks to its diversity of music styles. Someinternational big names have performed at MMF, including the all-femaleAustralian/British string quartet Bond, Grammy-winning soul singer Joss Stoneand the famous German rock band Scorpions.
The festival also aims to introduce new music projects and offer a playgroundfor different generations to share their passion for music in the space of aworld cultural heritage, the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long.
Hanoi will also hold other annual cultural events, like an international filmfestival, cherry blossom festival and a Vietnam Airlines Classic Hanoi Concert.
The city will also preserve and promote traditional art forms in combinationwith modern ones; and encourage the establishment of enterprises, particularthose focused on music, arts and event organisation. The artists will receivecity support.
To establish an art market, the city will build an auction centre to train artspecialists meeting both domestic and international management and judgmentstandards.
In terms of cultural tourism, Hanoi will turn the Ba Vi–Suoi Hai touristattraction into a national tourism centre in the 2025-2030 period, hoping towelcome 30 million tourists in 2020, of whom over 5 million will beinternational tourists.-VNA
Young orchestra Maius Philharmonic won the first-ever sponsorship from the International Monsoon Music Festival 2015 for their album inspired by traditional music.
The awaiting Monsoon Music Festival 2015 was kicked off at Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi on October 8, enticing thousands of youngsters to take part.
Bond– the best-selling string quartet in music history – with over 4 million albums sold – captivated a Hanoi audience on October 11 night at the Monsoon Music Festival.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
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The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
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The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The event served as a vibrant display of solidarity, promoting peace, cooperation, and development through cultural dialogue, and reaffirmed HCM City's role as a dynamic hub for cultural diplomacy and international friendship.
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Digitalisation does not mean commercialisation or oversimplification of culture. It is a way of selecting, adapting, and spreading traditional values through a modern language.
Land – a young band consisting of nine students of the Berklee College of Music – will perform on the second day of the 2017 Monsoon Music Festival. (Photo: VNA) 
