Vietnam travel attractions: Foreigners fall in love with Vietnam

These people have been doing their utmost to contribute to preserving the diversity of Vietnam’s culture though they have to live far from the cnetres of academic music to settle down in Vietnam. The reason for the choice of attaching their lives with the S-shaped country is very simple. They all have explained that “Vietnam is my second country”.Coming from different parts of the world and working in different fields, many foreigners have shared the same aspiration of art and considered Vietnam as their second country.

Consider Vietnam their home

Cho Hae Ryong, a Korean has won a certificate of merits at the Obraztsova International Competition in Russia and worked as an assistant to Professor Z. Didenko in the Conservatory of Glinka Novosibirsk in 2000; in 2007, she won the first Concourse Prize in Korean romantic music.

Besides, she performed with various international orchestras from Russia, Kazakhstan and with several Korean ones, including orchestras of Busan, Seoul and Changwon.

With the above accomplishments, this Korean artist could have found a very good job besides one in Vietnam where academic music has not yet fully developed. However, working in HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) is her destiny.

Cho Hae Ryong’s husband, clarinettist Dao Nhat Quang, is Vietnamese. Cho and her husband have made up their minds to settle back in Vietnam after many years living overseas so as to devote themselves to their musical talents and to create a good place for their children to study the Vietnamese language.

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For Genta, a Japanese dancer from Arabesque Troupe, the choice of Vietnam was simple because he could find more opportunities to dance in Vietnam than in Japan. He sometimes jokes that “it is safer in Vietnam than in Japan, the country of earthquakes”.

In fact, Genta was attracted by what artist Tan Loc told him during Loc’s study and working in Japan. Via pictures and stories, Genta found out more about genres of dance in Vietnam. Thus, he decided to study that kind of art in the S-shaped country. The more he studied, the more he fell in love with Vietnam and now, Genta regards Vietnam as his home.

Musically gifted Eun Young Joo, a Korean artist, could not explain exactly when she had fallen in love with Vietnam after her first visit to this country in late 2007. She found out that Vietnam would be a place where she could stay for the longest time and it would be her second home, artist Eun Young confided.

During her stay in Vietnam with her husband and two children, Eun Young met with piano professor Nguyen Thai Linh. Under this professor’s assistance, she is now lecturing at the Conservatory of HCM City as a piano professor.

A special love

Artist Eun Young Joo

For these artists, the choice of Vietnam costs them materially because the salary paid in Vietnam is not as high as that in other countries. Moreover, the fame and opportunities to be gained in the international musical arena are less than that in developed countries. Yet, most of them are satisfied with what they have chosen because of a special love for the S-shaped country.

Cho Hae Ryong said that HBSO always creates favourable conditions for her and her husband to develop their talent. They have had various important performances in Autumn Melody and big events in HCM City. Besides, her lecturing at HBSO and her teaching on chorus for Korean children has been going well.

The couple also love doing charity activities to support the poor. Cho Hae Ryong was happy to find out more about the culture of her husband’s native country and can speak Vietnamese language to the children and perform Vietnamese songs. With a recipe book of Vietnamese food, she tries to cook a Vietnamese dish every day, considering it the most happy time.

Meanwhile, Genta revealed that except for the hot climate, working in Vietnam is wonderful because of various events and programs for him to take part in. More importantly, the Vietnamese people are very friendly, and that attracts many foreigners, including him, to live in Vietnam.

Regarding his long-term plan, Genta shared that he would concentrate on professional performances and then get married and stabilise his life in Vietnam.

“I used to live in Austria, Russia and England and now, I can say that Vietnam is my family’s home. Vietnam and the Republic of Korea have similarities in culture, music and food, so I feel like home as in Vietnam”, said Korean artist Eun Young Joo.

Asked why she had chosen Vietnam instead of any other country, she often answered with a smile, “I myself do not know the reason. It is simply my special love for this country”.

Source: thanhnien

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