July 09, 2022 | 19:21 (GMT+7)
ASEAN Plus Police Music Gala 2022 starts
PANO - The ASEAN Plus Police Music Gala 2022 was kick-started by the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security on July 9 on the pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi.
The event saw the attendance of Minister of Public Security General To Lam and representatives from embassies of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, China, and Japan.
In his opening remarks, Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Public Security said that the music gala is a cultural, art, musical exchange to boost mutual understanding of national cultures, land, people and development of Vietnamese police and their foreign peers. This will help enhance fruitful cooperation and friendship among ASEAN countries and between ASEAN and its partners in the region and the world.
The event was started off with the festive drum performance by 300 students from the Vietnam People’s Police Academy.
The music gala brings together eight art troupes with over 400 instrumentalists and dancers, including six art troupes from China, Japan, the Philippines, Laos, Myanmar and Brunei, and two from the host Vietnam.
Below are photos of the music gala.
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A number of domestic and international delegates at the event |
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The drum performance starts the music gala |
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The performance of the Military Ceremonial Troupe under the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army |
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Vietnamese cavalry parade around Hoan Kiem Lake. |
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The police team from Myanmar |
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The police team from China |
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Memorial flags presented to participating teams |
Translated by Mai Huong