Le Xuan Thanh, Editor-in-Chief of the The Thao & Van Hoa Newspaper and head of the organising board, said the Music Devotion Awards has played a crucial role in recognising and promoting Vietnamese pop music for two decades. Since 2023, the awards expanded into sports, integrating a hybrid voting system that combines votes from journalists, experts, and the public.
HCM City's HOZO International Music Festival is taking place from December 13-15, captivating the audience with a diverse lineup of local and international artists.
Soloists from the Young Musicians European Orchestra (YMEO), the Orchestra Senzaspine and Orchestra Giovanile Scarlatti of Italy will perform compositions by great Italian composers at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on November 17.
A performance of five-tone (Ngu am) musical ensemble or Pinn Peat orchestra of the Khmer people, the largest of its kind Vietnam, was held in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on November 11.
The 13th ASEAN-China Music Festival, together with the second ASEAN-China Culture Month, kicked off in Nanning city, China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on November 6.
The Bond Live in Vietnam concert recently took place at the National Convention Center, where the four women of the Bond quartet performed their most iconic hits from a career spanning 25 years.
The World Youth Orchestra (WYO) is scheduled to perform alongside the Vietnam National Academy of Music Youth Orchestra (VNAMYO) in the “Sounds of brotherhood” music project which will take place in Hanoi in April.
Winners of the 18th Cong hien (Devotion) Awards were honoured at a ceremony organised by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper at the Hanoi Opera House on March 27 evening.
A music event was held on March 17 night at Greenwood Theatre of King's College London in the UK to introduce Vietnamese arts and culture to international friends.
An international jazz festival will be held in Nha Trang, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, for the first time from April 27 to May 1, expected to be a music feast for music lovers while promoting the Vietnamese land and culture as well as introducing modern European music to Vietnamese audiences.
A Vietnam classical music festival (VCMF) will be held for the first time in the Central Highlands resort city of Da Lat – the UNESCO Creative Music City - from March 10-17.
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sport and Culture) newspaper on February 28 announced 92 nominees for its Cong hien (Devotion) Awards 2024.
The Ho Chi Minh City International Music Festival, known as HOZO, opened on December 22 at Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1.
The national concert Dieu Con Mai (Remaining with Time) will take place at 2pm at Hanoi Opera House on September 2 – the moment when President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 78 years ago (2/9/1945-2/9/2023).
A musical show was organised in the central city of Da Nang on June 22 to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and France (April 12, 1973 - April 12, 2023), 10 years of their strategic partnership (September 2013 - 2023), and the 41st anniversary of World Music Day (June 21, 1982 - June 21, 2023).
A musical documentary film introducing Vietnamese music and culture was screened on June 19 at Forum des Images movie theatre in Paris as an opening activity of the 41st annual music festival week of France “La Fête de la Musique”.
With the theme “Bringing the world and Vietnam closer together”, the second Ho Zo international music festival in Ho Chi Minh City featured more than 250 artists from the Republic of Korea, the UK, France, Spain, India, and the US, along with Vietnamese singers.
The fourth International Guitar Festival and Competition will be held from November 18 to 20 at the Kim Dong Theater in Hanoi, with the event set to attract a huge number of domestic and foreign artists.
The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House has launched a special event offering music, theatre and comedy performances as part of the centre’s efforts to entertain and attract young people.
