Organized by the Performing Art Agency, the Vietnam Musicians Association and HCM City's Culture, Sports and Tourism Department, the meeting was attended by a large number of culture officials of provinces and cities and representatives of 122 art troupes around the country.
The meeting had been expected to attract artists of all art fields, especially the areas which have many violations like music or fashion. However, most of the attendants were officials. The conference, therefore, lacked the voices from those who are directly involving in performing activities in the country.
The organizing board received around 30 reports and 18 were selected to present at the meeting.
The Performing Art Agency said that in the new decree on performing activities, fines imposed on violation committed by artists would be very specific and the levels of fine would be adjusted to be appropriate with the current situation.
Singer Thanh Thuy, a representative of HCM City’s artists, talked about the necessity to promote education of traditional music and aesthetics to the youth.
Tran Thanh Long, director of the HCM City-based PL Fashion Company, proposed to create a good environment for fashion performance, for example licensing of swimwear and underwear shows because this is the real need of life.
Some participants said that some fields of art have felt in the “time of disaster”, with stage disaster, music disaster, fashion disaster and movie disaster.
Composer Ho Quang Binh, Chair of the Hanoi Composers’ Association, said that many songs on the Internet like “Don’t Love Me” by Le Kieu Nhu, “Brown Skin” by Phi Thanh Van, “Tim Si La Bum” by Vu Ha, “Vong Co for Teen” by Vinh Thuyen Kim, “I’m Beauty” by Yen Trang, “The Other Side of Truth” and “One More Pain” by HKT have vulgar and garbage content.
Binh also criticized performing styles of young singers, who “saw the air, do nonsense movements, wear skimpy clothes and sing badly on stage,” adding that these singers have “broken healthy and beautiful criteria of life.”
Many young artists with no vocal talent and singing abilities were choosing to wear very short and very thin dresses to attract audiences at concerts. They become well known after their photos appear in tabloids, officials said.
"It's a disaster of the country's music scene and a mistake of the State agencies that licensed these concerts," said playwright Chu Thom, former deputy director of the Performing Arts Agency.
The meeting had been expected to attract artists of all art fields, especially the areas which have many violations like music or fashion. However, most of the attendants were officials. The conference, therefore, lacked the voices from those who are directly involving in performing activities in the country.
The organizing board received around 30 reports and 18 were selected to present at the meeting.
The Performing Art Agency said that in the new decree on performing activities, fines imposed on violation committed by artists would be very specific and the levels of fine would be adjusted to be appropriate with the current situation.
Singer Thanh Thuy, a representative of HCM City’s artists, talked about the necessity to promote education of traditional music and aesthetics to the youth.
Tran Thanh Long, director of the HCM City-based PL Fashion Company, proposed to create a good environment for fashion performance, for example licensing of swimwear and underwear shows because this is the real need of life.
Some participants said that some fields of art have felt in the “time of disaster”, with stage disaster, music disaster, fashion disaster and movie disaster.
Composer Ho Quang Binh, Chair of the Hanoi Composers’ Association, said that many songs on the Internet like “Don’t Love Me” by Le Kieu Nhu, “Brown Skin” by Phi Thanh Van, “Tim Si La Bum” by Vu Ha, “Vong Co for Teen” by Vinh Thuyen Kim, “I’m Beauty” by Yen Trang, “The Other Side of Truth” and “One More Pain” by HKT have vulgar and garbage content.
Binh also criticized performing styles of young singers, who “saw the air, do nonsense movements, wear skimpy clothes and sing badly on stage,” adding that these singers have “broken healthy and beautiful criteria of life.”
Many young artists with no vocal talent and singing abilities were choosing to wear very short and very thin dresses to attract audiences at concerts. They become well known after their photos appear in tabloids, officials said.
"It's a disaster of the country's music scene and a mistake of the State agencies that licensed these concerts," said playwright Chu Thom, former deputy director of the Performing Arts Agency.
"Officials of various agencies, including the Performing Arts Agency and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism should examine the content of concerts or fashion shows before public performances," said Tran Thanh Long, director of the HCM City-based PL Fashion Company.
"Scanty and unaesthetic dresses worn by artists and models that culture officials have asked organizers to take out of their shows still appear on stages. Culture officials are usually not present at concerts and fashion shows and violations by organizers are continuing and increasing," Long said.
Lip-syncing by singers was also a phenomenon of the local music scene that has angered audiences, some delegates said at the conference.
In early May, singer Quynh Nga was discovered to be lip syncing when she dropped her microphone but the singing continued.
Music critic Nguyen Thi Minh Chau spoke about recent scandals related to costumes, copyright, lip-sync, etc. She said young Vietnamese artists copied a lot from foreign countries, including costumes and performing styles.
"It was fine to learn from foreign countries. However, local artists should choose costumes suited to the country and ones that preserve national characteristics," Chau added.
Chau criticized state agencies for being passive in dealing with these scandals and the inconsistence between these agencies.
Qualification and ability of performing art management officials was also discussed at the meeting.
Many delegates said that these officials must have good knowledge of the field of art under their management.
Each year, about 400 music and fashion shows are organized in HCM City but only two companies, the Venus Company and the Bach Kim Entertainment Company, were fined for having made changes to contents of their licensed shows last year, said Tran Minh Phuong from the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Nguyen Huu Chien, Deputy director of the Da Nang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that fines on violation in performing art activities should be raised to hundreds of thousands of USD, not only several thousands of USD as present level.
“Tickets for a music show in Da Nang are at least VND500,000 ($25) and the highest price is up to million dong. Revenue of a show may reach billion dong (hundreds of thousands of USD). The fine should be raised to billion dong, not tens of million dong as the present level,” he said.
Nearly 20 presentations at the seminar pointed out the negative aspects of art and fashion shows held these days, but none mentioned specific solutions.
"We cannot solve all problems at a one-day seminar," said composer Tran Vuong Thach, director of HCM City's Ballet and Symphony Orchestra.
Vuong Duy Bien, Performing Art Agency director, said the agency was working on a draft decree on performing arts and the agency would amend the draft decree based on the opinions at the meeting. This is the highest legal document covering performing art in Vietnam so far.
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"Scanty and unaesthetic dresses worn by artists and models that culture officials have asked organizers to take out of their shows still appear on stages. Culture officials are usually not present at concerts and fashion shows and violations by organizers are continuing and increasing," Long said.
Lip-syncing by singers was also a phenomenon of the local music scene that has angered audiences, some delegates said at the conference.
In early May, singer Quynh Nga was discovered to be lip syncing when she dropped her microphone but the singing continued.
Music critic Nguyen Thi Minh Chau spoke about recent scandals related to costumes, copyright, lip-sync, etc. She said young Vietnamese artists copied a lot from foreign countries, including costumes and performing styles.
"It was fine to learn from foreign countries. However, local artists should choose costumes suited to the country and ones that preserve national characteristics," Chau added.
Chau criticized state agencies for being passive in dealing with these scandals and the inconsistence between these agencies.
Qualification and ability of performing art management officials was also discussed at the meeting.
Many delegates said that these officials must have good knowledge of the field of art under their management.
Each year, about 400 music and fashion shows are organized in HCM City but only two companies, the Venus Company and the Bach Kim Entertainment Company, were fined for having made changes to contents of their licensed shows last year, said Tran Minh Phuong from the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Nguyen Huu Chien, Deputy director of the Da Nang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that fines on violation in performing art activities should be raised to hundreds of thousands of USD, not only several thousands of USD as present level.
“Tickets for a music show in Da Nang are at least VND500,000 ($25) and the highest price is up to million dong. Revenue of a show may reach billion dong (hundreds of thousands of USD). The fine should be raised to billion dong, not tens of million dong as the present level,” he said.
Nearly 20 presentations at the seminar pointed out the negative aspects of art and fashion shows held these days, but none mentioned specific solutions.
"We cannot solve all problems at a one-day seminar," said composer Tran Vuong Thach, director of HCM City's Ballet and Symphony Orchestra.
Vuong Duy Bien, Performing Art Agency director, said the agency was working on a draft decree on performing arts and the agency would amend the draft decree based on the opinions at the meeting. This is the highest legal document covering performing art in Vietnam so far.
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