VietNamNet Bridge – Four Vietnamese
singers and 16 other from Southeast Asian countries are competing at the Golden
ASEAN Television Golden Voice Festival 2011.

The four
Vietnamese representatives are Kasim Hoang Vu, Thu Minh, Tung Lam and H’zina
Bya.

“I’ve
dreamt of attending this competition for a long time to meet my colleagues from
neighboring countries. I’m very happy to have been chosen to represent Vietnam in
2011,” said Kasim Hoang Vu, who became famous through the Morning Star
Rendez-vous television singing contest 2004.

The second
ASEAN Television Golden Voice Festival, organized by the HCM City Television
Station and Cat Tien Sa company, aims to improve the friendship among Southeast
Asian countries.

The
festival has the presence of singers from Thailand,
Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines,
Vietnam and guest singers
from Japan.

On the
opening night on January 1, singers performed traditional songs. They will sing
pop songs on January 7. The festival will close on January 8 and will be aired
live on HTV9.

The jury
members include Keitaro Kamo, music producer of Toshiba Emi company, Indira
Sotyawati, vocal music teacher and choreographer of the Sekolah Music School in
Indonesia and Vietnamese famous songwriters Tran Long An and Nguyen Ngoc Thien.

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