HCM City (VNS/VNA) - A new ecommerce platform is inviting Vietnamesemusic industry stakeholders to market and sell their creations on it.
The platform, VAB (Vietnam Artist Booking) launched last week, looks to gathermusicians, composers, singers and music producers to introduce, sell and buytheir products.
It aims to develop a comprehensive range of services, using a variety ofdatabases and licensing systems that “will satisfy the needs of both copyrightowners and music users.”
The platform updates photos of and information about authors, their career andworks. This allows copyright organisations nationwide to access relevantinformation.
“We are working to encourage music artists, listeners and internet users tofocus on ecommerce platforms to introduce, promote, sell and buy music products,”said singer- musician Luu Quang Minh, VAB creative director.
Minh said VAB was working with audio streaming platforms and video sharing andsocial media networks such as Spotify, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook to improveits business.
“We have cooperated with the Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Centre toprotect singers, songwriters and composers from copyright infringement,” hesaid.
The centre is the country’s first organisation of its kind. It has attractedmore than 4,600 members nationwide and has signed more than 1,700 contractswith music producers and entertainment companies. It has collected 37 billion VND(1.6 million USD) in royalties for registered composers and songwriters in thesecond quarter of the year 2022. The amount of royalties collected came mostlyfrom the use of online MVs and CDs, and music websites.
It has also collected and paid royalties to nearly 3 million foreign citizensand foreign organisations through its foreign counterparts.
“The local industry has developed more quickly due to the growth of digitalmusic companies and online music sites,” said Minh.
Tan Cang Warehousing in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13 launched and put into operation an eCommerce Warehouse Management System (eWMS), in order to make goods delivery activities smooth, ensure safety against the pandemic, and maintain production and the supply chain.
Vietnam Airline on January 7 officially launched its ecommerce platforms VNAMAZING and VNAMALL as well as its Vietnam Airlines Gift Card, the first of their kinds in the domestic aviation sector.
The Vietnam e-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Amazon Global Selling Vietnam on June 8 launched a cross-border e-commerce initiative in the breakthrough era.
The recently-approved National Postal Development Strategy to 2025 with a vision to 2030 targets 100 percent of agricultural households using e-commerce platforms to move their products.
The London-based Global Economics Times magazine has awarded the Best New Fintech Product 2022 to "Fly first - Pay later", a technological product launched by the new-age carrier Vietjet and the MOVI consumer finance solution.
The Vietnamese team will gather on June 26 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where they will train until July 14 before departing for Indonesia for the ASEAN U23 Championship 2025, which runs from July 15 to 29. Vietnam will face Laos on July 19 and Cambodia on July 22 in the group stage.
The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
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.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
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.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
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.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
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).
Illustrative image (Source: the VAB’s facebook) 
