Tung Duong and a host of Vietnamese music stars gathered at the biggest music festival of the year.

The 2025 National Music Festival is organized by the Vietnam Musicians Association in collaboration with the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City Radio and Television Station, and the Ho Chi Minh City Music Association. This event also marks the launch of the Vietnam-China Humanitarian Exchange Year, aiming to strengthen cooperation in the field of music between the two countries.

With the theme "Music Converges and Spreads ," the festival aims to honor and promote new musical works, encourage creativity in composition, performance, and music education; and create opportunities for exchange and interaction between musicians and artists from Vietnam and abroad.

The works participating in the festival focus on reflecting themes about the Party, President Ho Chi Minh, the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, love for the homeland, the Vietnamese people in the era of integration, along with cultural values and international friendship.

Tung Duong and over 600 other artists participated in the 2025 National Expanded Music Festival.

The 2025 National Music Festival consists of two parts: the Music Works Festival and the Vietnamese Vocal and Instrumental Solos Festival. The festival brings together many famous names in Vietnamese music such as: Meritorious Artist Tố Nga, Meritorious Artist Tiến Lâm, Meritorious Artist Quế Thương, Meritorious Artist Thanh Nhân, Meritorious Artist Hồng Tam, Meritorious Artist Y Joel K'nul, Meritorious Artist A Đuh - A Xin; along with singers Tùng Dương, Trần Hồng Nhung, Phạm Khánh Ngọc, Trang Nhung, Quốc Trị, Hiền Xuân, Nhật Huyền, and Y Moan H'Mok.

In addition, the event also featured instrumental soloists such as Nguyen Hung Tam (guitar), Hoang Thanh Tu (zither), Nguyen Duy Thinh (dan bau), Tran Hoang Oanh (dan nguyet), Luong Viet Hung (Mong flute), Tran Thu Hien (piano), Nguyen Cong Minh (flute)... and music groups like Sol Viet, Black Eyes, along with dance groups providing illustrative performances.

The festival's award structure includes A and B prizes for musical works, and gold and silver medals for performances.

One of the highlights of the Festival is the Vietnam-China Friendship Symphony performance.

One of the highlights of the program was the Vietnam-China Friendship Symphony Concert, performed by the Ho Chi Minh City Opera and Ballet Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) in collaboration with Vietnamese and Chinese artists and singers.

The program will feature representative works such as the symphony "Fantasy of the Red River and the Yangtze River Flowing Together to the Great Sea" (Do Hong Quan), "Harmony of Colors" (People's Artist Xuan Bac), the song "River of Friendship" (music by Duc Trinh, Vietnamese lyrics by Le Tu Minh, Chinese lyrics by Luong Thieu Vu) performed by singers Khanh Ngoc and Wu Wei (China), the duet of Bau and Nguyet lutes "Mutual Understanding" (Duc Trinh), "Festival Day" (People's Artist Pham Ngoc Khoi), etc.

Le Chi

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