French musicians hold concert for AO victims
Several French musicians and singers
will team up with a number of Vietnamese colleagues and child victims of
Agent Orange/ dioxin to take part in a concert in Hanoi on May 7, to
raise money to support children affected by the chemical.
Several French musicians and singers
will team up with a number of Vietnamese colleagues and child victims of
Agent Orange/ dioxin to take part in a concert in Hanoi on May 7, to
raise money to support children affected by the chemical.
The show will feature many famous artists from France including Marc Béhin, the contemporary jazz guitarist, percussionist Véronique Carlier and singer and guitarist Ho Hai Quang.
Vietnam’s abstract painter Tran Nhat Thang, graphic artist Bui Thi Thanh Hang, lacquer painter Le Thi Minh Tam will paint pictures during the music performance.
Their paintings will be auctioned off and the money will be given to the Agent Orange Victims’ Fund to help the children access music and art courses.
The concert will be jointly held by the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange / dioxin (VAVA), the French organisation Jazz Bond and a non-government musical charity for victims of defoliants from the French island of Reunion .
Held on the anniversary of the victory at Dien Bien Phu (May 7, 1954), the show will help to ease the suffering of children exposed to the deadly substance and to remind the whole of society to provide more care and support to war victims./.
The show will feature many famous artists from France including Marc Béhin, the contemporary jazz guitarist, percussionist Véronique Carlier and singer and guitarist Ho Hai Quang.
Vietnam’s abstract painter Tran Nhat Thang, graphic artist Bui Thi Thanh Hang, lacquer painter Le Thi Minh Tam will paint pictures during the music performance.
Their paintings will be auctioned off and the money will be given to the Agent Orange Victims’ Fund to help the children access music and art courses.
The concert will be jointly held by the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange / dioxin (VAVA), the French organisation Jazz Bond and a non-government musical charity for victims of defoliants from the French island of Reunion .
Held on the anniversary of the victory at Dien Bien Phu (May 7, 1954), the show will help to ease the suffering of children exposed to the deadly substance and to remind the whole of society to provide more care and support to war victims./.
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