Vietnam ’s “Buc Tuong” (The Wall) rock band has won the audience’sapplause at a rock festival during the ASEAN Youth Cultural ExchangeFestival 2011 (AYCEF 2011) in Jakarta , Indonesia .
With their professional and impressive style in the performance on May1, the five-member band’s three songs, especially a song in the style ofVietnamese folk music named “Ra Khoi” (Go out to sea) were praised asan unique combination between the traditional factor and modern rock.
In an interview to ASEAN magazine, Ambassador, Headof the Vietnamese Delegation to ASEAN Vu Dang Dung said that Vietnam ’sparticipation in AYCEF 2011 helped strengthen people-to-people exchangeand cultural interaction among ASEAN nations, as well as Vietnam ’sactive contributions to the bloc.
The ASEAN YouthRock Festival was held under the initiative of the current ASEAN Chair, Indonesia to boost cultural exchanges between young people inregional countries./.