Published:  00:00 Tuesday - September 14, 2010

The Vietnam-China Friendship Singing Contest 2010 opened in Ha Long city in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on September 13.

The contest is being held by Quang Ninh radio and television station and the Vietnam Television Corporation in association with China’s Guangxi radio station and international radio station to mark the 60^th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.

The contest is held in both Vietnam and China and entrants - professional and amateur singers aged between 18-60 - will sing one Vietnamese and one Chinese song.

In China, the contest concluded in Guangxi province on July 28.

In Vietnam, the organising board will choose six contestants from 10 outstanding singers in the final round of the contest that is being held in Ha Long city and Hanoi to the final round of the contest that will take place in China’s Nanning city in early November 2010.

The contest aims to promote the cultural exchange and mutual understanding between the two peoples along Vietnam’s border provinces of Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang, Ha Giang and Lao Cai and China’s Guangxi and Yunnan provinces.