Cai luong artists release MVs praising people involved in COVID-19 fight
Artists from the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theatre have released two music videos (MV) on YouTube featuring the Vietnamese spirit in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic.
A scene from the MV Chung Con La Chien Si (We’re Fighters), a production by artists of the Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theatre. (Photo courtesy of the producer)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Artists from the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tran HuuTrang Cai Luong Theatre have released two music videos (MV) on YouTubefeaturing the Vietnamese spirit in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The MVs, Niem Tin (Belief) and Chung Con La Chien Si (We’re Fighters), featuresongs about the challenges that doctors, nurses, health workers, and soldiersface during the fight.
They include messages to encourage and praise the solidarity and bravery of thepeople during the pandemic.
“The MVs contain our love and gratitude to the brave people who are working dayand night to take care of and protect the community,” said scriptwriter Hoang SongViet, producer of the two MVs.
The Ho Chi Minh City Artists’ Association is working with cai luong reformeddrama) theatres to produce and release a series of MVs targeting the VietnameseGovernment, armymen, doctors and people working together during the pandemic.
The MVs will include songs and images about the five measures issued by theMinistry of Health to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and ensure health andsafety.
The '5K' message focuses on Khau trang (face mask) – Khu khuan (disinfection) –Khoang cach (distance) – Khong tu tap (no gathering) – Khai bao y te (healthdeclaration).
The association will also shoot and release two new cải lương plays praisingdoctors and nurses in the COVID-19 fight.
The plays feature People’s Artist and theatre director Tran Ngoc Giau and youngtalents from cai luong troupes in the city.
"Theatre artists have faced difficulties in offering live shows amid thepandemic. However, they will meet and share their art with people on YouTube,”Giau said.
People’s Artist Quoc Hung released the MV Anh Se Ve Nhung Khong Phai Hom Nay(I’ll Return Home, But Not Today), a production about Vietnamese medicalworkers during the pandemic, on YouTube on May 27.
It has been covered and released by many young singers on YouTube and TikTok.
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A scene from the MV Chung Con La Chien Si (We’re Fighters), a production by artists of the Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theatre. (Photo courtesy of the producer) 
