The MV ‘Going Home’ was filmed during Kenny G’s performance in Hanoi in November 2023. In the music video, Kenny G performs ‘Going Home’ at iconic cultural and historical sites in Hanoi, including Hoan Kiem Lake, the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the Temple of Literature, and Long Bien Bridge.
In a card sent to the audience, Kenny G wrote: “Hanoi is an incredible city with so many wonderful people! Thank you for your warm welcome. Love, Kenny G.”
Speaking at the award ceremony held at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on October 8, Le Quoc Minh, member of the Party Central Committee (PCC), Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the PCC Commission for Communication and Education, and Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, expressed his pride to promote Vietnamese and Hanoi’s tourism through music.
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The MV ‘Going Home’ was filmed during Kenny G’s performance in Hanoi in November 2023. |
For his part, President and Chairman of IB Group Vietnam Nguyen Thuy Duong stressed that MV 'Going home' is a project made entirely with passion and love for Hanoi. “We want to let the world touch Hanoi more deeply through music,” he stated.
‘Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi’ Awards- The awards were launched in 2008 The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports and Culture) newspaper of the Vietnam News Agency and family of late artist Bui Xuan Phai (1920-1988), a founder of Vietnam’s modern art. It aims to honour the contributions of individuals and organisations to the capital city.
This year’s Grand Prize went to Professor, Dr., architect Hoang Dao Kinh, born in Hanoi in 1941, who has made many contributions to architectural buildings in Hanoi. He is dubbed as the “knight of architectural relics.”
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| Architect Hoang Dao Kinh receives the Grand Prize of the 'Bui Xuan Phai: For the Love of Hanoi' Awards at the ceremony on October 8. |
For the last nearly 50 years, Kinh has substantially contributed to the restoration of many cultural and architectural structures nationwide. In particular, he is deeply attached to his hometown, Hanoi, through the rehabilitation of various historical relics and cultural heritage sites symbolising the millennium-old city such as Tay Dang Communal House, Kim Lien Pagoda, Tay Phuong Pagoda, Thay Pagoda, the Temple of Literature, and the Hanoi Opera House.
A book entitled ‘Hanoi Thoi Can Dai – Tu Nhuong Dia Den Thanh Pho (1873-1945)’ (Hanoi in Modern Times – from Conceded Territory to City) by Dr. Doan Thi Dien won the Work Prize.
The book, published by the Hanoi Publishing House and the Nha Nam Publishing and Communications JSC, is a meticulous and comprehensive study of the transformation of Hanoi into a western-style modern city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Meanwhile, the Idea Prize was presented to the project on renovating the landscape around Thien Quang lake, which was studied and developed by the People’s Committee of Hai Ba Trung district in 2023.
