Fans excited as 2017 MAMA to come to Viet Nam for first time
Viet Nam will host the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) in late 2017 for the first time, which has excited local fans.
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According the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s CJ E&M, the organiser, the MAMA Week will take place from 25 November to 1 December , with the music awards ceremony taking place in 3 countries.
The 2017 MAMA will start at Hoa Binh Theatre in Viet Nam’s Ho Chi Minh City on 25 November, Yokohama Arena in Japan on 29 November and W Hotel in Hong Kong (China) on 30 November. The Asia World-Expo Arena will be held in Hong Kong on 1 December.
The organiser also aims to make the event the greatest festival for everyone who loves music in Asia.
This year will mark the 9th MAMA hosted by CJ E&M. In 1999, it launched the Mnet Videao Music Awards that became MAMA in 2009.
In 2010, the awards ceremony became a global event, and it was hosted for the first time outside the RoK in Macau, then Singapore in 2011, and Hong Kong from 2012 to 2016.
MAMA is considered a prestigious music awards ceremony in Asia, which gathers top singers of the RoK and such countries as China, Japan, Indonesia, Canada, Singapore and the US.
(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)