HCM CITY (VNS) — A free concert will grace HCM City with visual effects and performances of Viet Nam's leading singers.

Cao Hon, Xa Hon ­– Viet Nam Oi! (Move Higher and Farther, Viet Nam!) will take place at the Reunification Palace on October11.

The two-hour concert will include three parts, with each part spotlighting Thanh Bui, Hong Nhung or Ho Ngoc Ha.

Thanh, owner of the Soul Music Academy, said: "My performance will feature my little students. We will bring audiences songs in both Vietnamese and English. There will be dance and musicals as well."

"Each artist's performance will be supported by a light show using 3D projection mapping technology," said Pham Hoang Nam, director of the event.

The visual effects will be set up in front of the palace by young Vietnamese, Singaporean and Malaysian visual artists, and engineers from the Barco Asia Pacific.

Nam, one of the country's leading music directors, said: "He and his staff have spent one year on preparing for such a big music and light show."

The concert will begin at 8pm at 135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street in District 1. — VNS