First Int’l Jazz Festival Nha Trang opens

More than 100 renowned musicians from the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the US and Vietnam are performing at the first International Jazz Festival that opened in Nha Trang city, the south central province of Khanh Hoa on April 27.

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The opening ceremony is themed "The Spotlight of Jazz". (Photo: VNA)

Nha Trang (VNA) – More than 100 renowned musicians from the Republicof Korea, Singapore, the US and Vietnam are performing at the firstInternational Jazz Festival that opened in Nha Trang city, the south centralprovince of Khanh Hoa on April 27.

The five-night festival brings the audience diverse genres of jazz from classic, bossa nova, to jazz funk and world music on five different themes of The Spotlight of Jazz, Living theLegend, the Latin Night, the Collection and Jazz Flows.

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More than 100 renowned musicians from the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the US and Vietnam are performing at the first International Jazz Festival. (Photo: VNA)

At the opening ceremony, thousands of tourists and locals were treated to performances by famous artists like Thu Minh, Nguyen Hai Phong, Tran ManhTuan and Phuong Vy.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ta Quang Dong said that the eventis expected to bring new experience to visitors to Nha Trang city, whilepopularising the coastal locality as a safe, dynamic and hospitabledestination.

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Audience at the festival (Photo: VNA)

Khanh Hoa province has a plan to organise the festival annually, making NhaTrang city a destination of both tourism and music.

Besides the Jazz festival, Khanh Hoa will organise a multitude of large scaleculture and tourism activities, including a sea festival on June 13-16, and aninternational light show festival on Saturdays in the period from June 29 to July 20./.

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