Musician Doan Nho won first prize for composing IPU 132 songs.

The song "Building paradise on peaceful earth" by musician Doan Nho was chosen as the official song for the 132nd IPU held in Vietnam.

Towards the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-132) to be held in Hanoi in March 2015, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) in coordination with the IPU-132 Information and Propaganda Subcommittee organized a campaign to compose songs to welcome IPU-132.

On the evening of March 1, the Award Ceremony and honoring of the winning works of the IPU 132 Song Composition Campaign took place at the VTV Theater (National Radio Center, 58 Quan Su, Hanoi).

Attending the award ceremony were Ms. Tong Thi Phong, Politburo member, Vice President of the National Assembly, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of IPU-132, Head of the IPU-132 Organizing Committee; Mr. Nguyen The Ky, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Mr. Truong Minh Tuan, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications; Artist Do Hong Quan, President of the Vietnam Musicians Association; Journalist Nguyen Dang Tien, General Director of VTV, Head of the Steering Committee of the "IPU 132 Song Composition Campaign" and delegates from the National Assembly Office and a number of National Assembly Committees.

Delegates attending the Award Ceremony of the 132nd IPU Song Composition Campaign

After more than 1 month of launching, from December 2014 to January 30, 2015, the Organizing Committee received the response of many professional and non-professional authors nationwide. The number of submitted works was 150 (including 106 song texts and 44 CDs of song demos).

The topics explored through the songs revolve around prominent issues such as: praising and honoring peace, security, cooperation and development, aiming towards humanistic and benevolent values; promoting human rights, promoting friendship among nations; between the National Assembly and people of Vietnam and the National Assembly, Parliament and people of countries around the world; introducing the country, people, and rich culture of Vietnam to international friends, promoting the image of Vietnam to the world.

Speaking at the ceremony, journalist Nguyen Dang Tien, General Director of VTV said: “Entrusted by the National Assembly with the task of coordinating the organization of the song composition campaign to welcome IPU 132, VTV has received the response of many musicians, artists, professional and non-professional authors. The songs of high artistic quality selected at the Award Ceremony are interesting spiritual dishes, expressing sincere feelings, friendliness, and beautiful images of the country and people of Vietnam to international friends.”

Journalist Nguyen Dang Tien - General Director of VTV spoke at the award ceremony.

With a high sense of responsibility and accountability, the Art Council, consisting of musicians with professional qualifications and prestige in the Vietnamese music industry, worked fairly and seriously, selecting works of artistic value, with good content expressing the right focus to stage and record to introduce to a wide audience of music lovers.

Major General - Musician Duc Trinh, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Musicians Association, Principal of the Military University of Culture and Arts, Chairman of the Judging Council, commented: “In just over a month since the launch, 150 works have been submitted to the contest, which shows the active participation and response of musicians to the movement. I have rarely seen a contest receive so many works in such a short time. The Judging Council has conducted a very precise scoring by voting to select the 10 best songs. In my opinion, these 10 songs meet the propaganda and promotion needs for the meaningful purpose of this event.”

Musician Duc Trinh

The Organizing Committee awarded 5 consolation prizes, 2 third prizes, 2 second prizes and 1 first prize. Of these, the song “Building paradise on a peaceful earth” by musician Doan Nho won first prize. This song was also chosen as the official song for the 132nd IPU.

Emotionally receiving the award, musician Doan Nho shared: “With the spirit of a veteran musician, wanting to join the younger generations for an important event of the country, I submitted my work to the IPU 132 Songwriting Campaign. When I learned that the song won the award, I was very surprised and happy. I think that, when musicians are still healthy, they must dare to think, dare to write and express it through music.”

Mr. Tran Van Hang - Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly and journalist Nguyen Dang Tien - General Director of VTV presented the First Prize to musician Doan Nho.

The 10 winning songs will be translated into English, recorded and archived at VTV and printed on CD as gifts for delegates attending the 132nd IPU in Vietnam./.

According to VOV