Super Junior, one of the most famous Korean bands, will come to Vietnam next March to participate in MTV EXIT.

Eight members of Super Junior in Vietnam in March 2010.

Super Junior is a boy group from South Korea formed by SM Entertainment in 2005. With a total of 12 members, they are one of the largest boy bands in the world.

The group consists of Leeteuk (leader), Heechul, Han Geng, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum and Kyuhyun. The only Chinese member, Han Geng, was chosen from three thousand applicants via auditions held in China by SM Entertainment in 2001.

Super Junior has released and contributed to 20 different kinds of records with varying degrees of success. Over the years, they have been divided into smaller sub groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. Largely due to Super Junior’s success as entertainers, other Korean entertainment managements began to train their music groups in other areas of entertainment, such as acting and hosting.

In addition to their commercial success, Super Junior has earned seven music awards from the M.net Asian Music Awards, eleven from the Golden Disk Awards, and is the second singing group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the 2008 MTV Asia Awards after JTL in 2003.

According to MTV EXIT organisers, the event will be held next March or April and Super Junior will hold a live show at the Military Zone 7 Stadium in HCM City. There is up to 90 percent of possibility that the band will return to Vietnam.

The band came to Vietnam in March 2010 to attend the first MTV Exit concert.

MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking), which is produced by the MTV Europe Foundation in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Australian Government’s Agency for International Development (AUSAID), has held 15 concerts across Asia over the past two years, including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Taiwan and the Philippines to raise awareness and prevention of human trafficking and exploitation.

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