Last updated: 15:20 - October 26, 2006
MTV Asia host first concert in Vietnam http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/261006/culture_mt.htm
MTV Asia will stage for the first time a concert entitled "Wings of Hope" in Ho Chi Minh City on November 4.
The band "V. 4Men" and film star Seo Ji Young from the Republic of Korea will join popular Vietnamese singers, Phuong Thanh, Ho Ngoc Ha, Dam Vinh Hung, Minh Quan, Thu Minh, and boy band MTV, at the performance.
The performers will sing Korean songs translated into Vietnamese together such as "Tears," "Although Ten Years Have Passed," and "Impossible Together".
About VND 130 million worth of ticket sales will be donated to victims of typhoon Xangsane in central Vietnam.
MTV Asia has been present in Vietnam for ten years, but while the MTV Network and services are being expanded around the globe, most programs are simply rebroadcast through one TV channel and two radio stations in Vietnam.
"The Wings of Hope" begins MTV's strategy to enlarge and develop the music market in Vietnam. In the scope of its broadcasting plans, MTV Asia and BHD, a local entertainment company, plan to organize events in promoting MTV Asia to bring Vietnamese music lovers closer to MTV.
The V4 Men have a few intentions playing the show: they hope to surge onto the music scene, win the hearts of the Vietnamese audience, and prepare the public for their release of "Andanct" (Slowly) in Vietnamese, this coming November.
The album includes 8 Korean love ballads translated into Vietnamese by the Vietnamese musicians Vo Thien Thanh, Ha Quang Minh and Chu Minh Ky. Comprising the V4 Men are Ji/One (Song Jae Won), Lee Jung Ho (Lee), Jung Sae Young (Jung) and Han Hyoun Hee (Han).
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