Hanoi(VNA) – Vietnam will host the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) in late 2017 forthe first time, which has excited local fans.
According the Republicof Korea (RoK)’s CJ E&M, the organiser, the MAMA Week will take place fromNovember 25 to December 1, with the music award ceremony to take place in threecountries.
The 2017 MAMA willstart at Hoa Binh Theatre in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City on November 25,Yokohama Arena in Japan on November 29 and W Hotel in Hong Kong (China) onNovember 30. The Asia World-Expo Arena will be held in Hong Kong on December 1.
The organiser alsoaims to make the event the greatest festival for everyone who loves music inAsia.
This year will markthe ninth MAMA hosted by CJ E&M. In 1999, it launched the Mnet Videao MusicAwards that became MAMA in 2009.
In 2010, the awardceremony became global and was hosted for the first time outside the RoK inMacau, then Singapore in 2011, and Hong Kong from 2012 to 2016.
MAMA is considered aprestigious music award ceremony in Asia, which gathers top singers of the RoKand other countries such as China, Japan, Indonesia, Canada, Singapore and theUS.-VNA
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