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Free musical shows will be held in 15 cities and provinces to celebrate Vietnam's Day of Music on Friday.
The Vietnam Symphony Orchestra together with pop singers Hong Nhung and Dang Duong and musicians from the Vietnam Academy of Music will begin the festival at Hanoi 's Friendship and Culture Palace, Tran Hung Dao Street, at 2pm on Friday.
Vietnam Television's VTV1 will live telecast the show.
Children music and folk music shows will be held in Hanoi's Vietnam Pop Music Theatre; the Ly Thai To Garden and the pedestrianized area near Dong Xuan Market from Thursday to next Monday.
Similar shows will be held in northern Yen Bai, Son La and Thai Nguyen provinces; central Thua Thien-Hue, Danang, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong provinces; and southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Can Tho and Hau Giang provinces and Ho Chi Minh City.
Entry to all the shows is free.
"The Day of Music will be a festival of both professional artists and public music lovers," said Vietnam Musicians' Association Chairman Do Hong Quan.
"We would like to bring music closer to the people and this year's events may become a music week or music month with various street performances."
September 3 has been made the yearly National Day of Music after President Ho Chi Minh conducted an orchestra of professional artists and ordinary people in a performance of Ket Doan (Song of Solidarity) at Hanoi's Botanic Garden on September 3, 1960.
