MPF’s police band and entertainment group perform at ASEAN+ Police Music Festival in Hanoi

Thirty-six entertainers led by Police Lt-Col Zaw Naing Tun from the Police Band and Entertainment Division, Police Training Department of the Myanmar Police Force, Ministry of Home Affairs, left Yangon for Hanoi, Viet Nam, on 7 July on a special flight of Myanmar National Airlines. They were welcomed by officials from the Myanmar Embassy to Vietnam in Hanoi.
On the morning of 8 July, the police band and entertainment troupe, together with groups from Viet Nam, Brunei, Laos, the Philippines, China, and Japan, performed two songs, “Rice Drums” and “People’s Public Security March”, which will be performed at the Outdoor Concert. In the evening, representatives from the respective police bands held a coordination meeting at Thang Long Opera Hotel.
On the morning of 9 July, the Myanmar police band and entertainment troupe attended the opening ceremony of the ASEAN+ Police Music Festival and the 60th Anniversary of the Vietnamese People’s Police Force, held in front of King Ly Thai To statue in Hanoi.
At a dinner hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security at the Milia Hanoi Hotel, members of the entertainment troupes exchanged gifts with each other.
On the evening of 10 July, the Outdoor Concert was performed by the participating countries and was attended by Vice-President of Vietnam Mrs Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Minister for Public Security General To Lam, the heads of departments and the Vietnamese people. The Myanmar police band and entertainment troupe arrived back in Yangon on the evening of 11 July. —MNA