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What is BridgeFest?

Formerly known as SEA Pride 2016 – a music event promoting social diversity and equality, BridgeFest has been held for five consecutive years and has become a popular community event.

Since 2017, BridgeFest has been co-organized by Oxfam and the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam.  BridgeFest is part of Oxfam’s global campaign “Even It Up” which aims to reduce and eliminate inequality. 

BridgeFest 2020 is an event co-organized by Oxfam and the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, REACH, ECUE, and Hexagon JSC.

Artists and special guests at BridgeFest 2020

BridgeFest 2020’s music night proudly presents sensational artists from a vast variety of genres including Pop, Ballad, Indie, Rock, and so forth. Through songs that have taken the charts by storm, the artists want to give voice to the thoughts and sentiments of young people, thereby encouraging their aspirations to live a life true to themselves.

Buc Tuong Band - one of the first professional rock bands in Vietnam – will continue to impress the audience with uplifting songs about youth, ambition, passion for life, and the pursuit of happiness.

Thai Thuy Linh – an artist that sings to “spread love through music” – will also return after three years of being out of the limelight and bring to the show heartwarming tunes.

Ngu Cung band, renowned for their distinctive mixture of Rock and the ethnic sounds of Northwest Vietnam, will return to the stage after a long absence.  At BridgeFest 2020, Ngu Cung will for the first time perform their two completely new compositions named "Love" and "Mother Nature."

The return of Kimmese and Ngot band at BridgeFest this year is anticipated to bring about even more electrifying performances that will undoubtedly wow those in attendance.

Bluemato, HUB & Mac Mai Suong, Kien, Pink Frog, Suc Song Moi and S-Fire Dance Crew will also perform at BridgeFest.

Moreover, the theme song "Ai cung nhu ai" will be played during this year's program and during an exhilarating flash mob dance performance that is expected to stir up the atmosphere of Hanoi’s pedestrian zone.

Additionally, BridgeFest Festival has the participation of outstanding performances from the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI), The Salt Cancer Initiative, The Hanoi Brass Community, The Aspiration Group, The Pioneer Group, The Vietnam Transgender Network (VNTG), Hanoi Sign Language Training Center, and Deaf Children's Parents Association Vietnam.

The seminar "No one is left behind" welcomes the presence of Dr. Le Viet Nhiem - Head of the Faculty of Tropical Diseases of Quang Nam Central General Hospital, who together with a team of doctors, has successfully treated the 57th COVID-19 patient in Vietnam, and Dr. Hoang Tu Anh, Deputy Director of the Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP), who initiated a group that donates protective gear to medical workers on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19.  The seminar is led by Director Nguyen Hoang Diep – a specialist in literature and art, who brings Vietnamese independent cinema to the world via many impressive works.

For more information, please contact:

Ms. Nguyen Tuyet Ngan – Communications Department

Phone: (+84) 9 8558 1995

Email: nguyen.tuyet.ngan@hexa.vn

Or

Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung - Communications Officer

Oxfam in Vietnam

Phone: (+84) 986508789

Email: dung.nguyenthiphuong@oxfam.org

Or

Press Office

U.S. Embassy Hanoi

3rd Floor, Rose Garden Building, 170 Ngoc Khanh St., Hanoi

Tel: 84-4-3850 5000 (ext. 6153)

Fax: 84-4-3850 5120

Email: HanoiPressOffice@state.gov