VietNamNet Bridge - The 20th World Police Band Concert took place in Ho Chi Minh City from November 14-15, drawing 200 participants from Japan, the US, Singapore and Vietnam.

The event, jointly held by the Ministry of Public Security and Japan’s Mainichi newspaper, opened with a parade of bands in the city's downtown in the morning. They departed from the HCM City Opera House and travel through Dong Khoi, Ton Duc Thang and Nguyen Hue streets. 

The main concert entertained audience on the afternoon of November 15 at Hoa Binh Theatre, with classical and contemporary music.

This was the second time the music festival organized in Vietnam, after the first in Hanoi in 2011. The 60-strong Vietnam Police Band represented Vietnam during this year’s concert.

Deputy Head of the Ministry of Public Security’s External Relations Agency Vu Ngoc Lan said that the event helped intensify cooperation between Vietnam and participating countries while promoting the image of Vietnamese police in the international arena.

Initiated by the Mainichi newspaper, the World Police Band Concert has been organised annually since 1996 in numerous countries.    

Photos of the on-the-street show by 200 police officers on Saturday:

On the morning of November 14, thousands of people flocked to the street Saigon to see military band performances by 200 police officers of the US, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam in the city center. The police-artists from Japan. The police-artists passed through many famous historic sites of Saigon such as the Opera House, Continental Hotel, Caravelle Hotel, Majestic Hotel, Bach Dang Wharf, and the HCM City People’s Committee. The police band from Singapore on the pedestrian street of Nguyen Hue. The show took place in two hours, under the scorching sun. The police band from Singapore. The police band from New York City (USA). The police band of Osaka (Japan). A member of the band from Osaka. This is the first music show by police-artists held in Saigon. A member of the band from New York.

Photo: Zing

Thanh Van