ASEAN music festival 2019 to be held in Hanoi this July

Vietnamese singers Noo Phuoc Thinh, Dong Nhi, Trong Hieu will perform at the festival, which co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation Asia Center and the Vietnam Television (VTV).

They will perform at the festival, which will draw many Asian stars such as Atsushi (EXILE), Kumi Koda, Daichi Miura from Japan, Fakhrul Razi from Brunei, Andien from Indonesia, Alexandra Bounxouei from Laos, Sai Sai Kham Leng from Myanmar and NEW JIEW from Thailand.

As well as being one of the "Asia in Resonance 2019" programs, this music festival will be also held as a part of the "ASEAN-Japan Day" Commemorative Event that Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo announced to host, at the Japan-ASEAN Summit of last year. The organisers hope the event can deepen mutual understanding by sharing contemporary Asian pop music, as well as that this opportunity would stimulate collaborative relationship among Asian countries in the future.

Produced by Vietnam-Japan and Japan-Vietnam Special Ambassador Ryotaro Sugi, who is also Special Ambassador for Japan and ASEAN, VTV will promote production cooperation. The music festival will be televised live in Vietnam./.

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