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Say cheese: Australian pop star Kate Miller-Heidke will share the stage with other local and foreign singers during a series of MTV EXIT concerts. — File Photo |
HA NOI — Top local and foreign singers will share the stage during a series of concerts to raise awareness of human trafficking which will kick off this Saturday in Ha Noi. The singers, including local stars Anh Khoa, Ha Anh Tuan, and Phuong Vy, South Korean megastar boyband Super Junior, and Australian pop star Kate Miller-Heidke, will perform in a massive free concert entitled MTV Exit Live in Ha Noi in the city's My Dinh National Stadium.
The concert, which is under the MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) campaign, is aiming to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking and exploitation.
"I'm proud and excited to be a part of the MTV EXIT campaign in Viet Nam," said local rocker Anh Khoa. "I encourage everyone to attend these free concerts and be a part of history. Human trafficking happens all over the world and maybe just right under our noses. We are all affected one way or another. I hope the campaign will give everyone information to live safely."
After Ha Noi, the show will tour to Ha Long Bay for another performance on April 3, then head to Can Tho on April 10.
American band The Click Five, recipients of the Knockout Award at the MTV Asia Awards, will headline the final show, which will be held in the Military Zone 7 Stadium in HCM City on April 17. As avid supporters of MTV EXIT's initiative to end human trafficking, the band are thrilled to return to Southeast Asia once again to lend their voices to this urgent cause.
The MTV Exit show in HCM City is expected to attract more than 25,000 people.
Power of music
Footage from the concerts will be used to produce a series of television programmes aired nationally on YanTV, the campaign's official music channel. "We are thrilled to announce the MTV EXIT Live in Viet Nam concert tour," said MTV EXIT's director, Simon Goff. "The power and influence of music is a great force for change. By holding this concert tour across the country, we are harnessing this power; using it to inform and mobilise young people in the fight against human trafficking."
Produced by the MTV Europe Foundation in partnership with the US Agency for International Development, and the Australian Government's Agency for International Development, MTV EXIT has held 15 concerts to raise awareness about human trafficking across Asia over the past two years, including events in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Taiwan and the Philippines.
For ticketing information please go to www.mtvexit.org or www.hoahoctro.vn. — VNS