Rain's Vietnam concert criticised, "Not as good as the Taiwanese singers"

7th August 06, Innolife
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Alarm sounds for Hallyu (Korean Wave) in Vietnam! It's all because of the incident caused by singer, Rain, during his concert in Vietnam not long ago!

The representative official of Korean Cultural Exchange Corporation in Vietnam said, "Rain's Vietnam concert is not even up to par with that of Taiwanese singer, Jay Chou, who is less popular in Vietnam." He continued, "Rain also expressed that "It was a pity he couldn't put up a more passionate performance onstage due to his tight schedule' and admitted his lackings."

Rain held his concert in Ho Chih Min on the 8th of June. Some unhappiness had occurred as early as during the planning stage of this concert. Due to many big and small contractual issues, Rain was unable to prepare fully for his concert.

In particular, there was an incident when local journalists fell because they were pushed by security personnel during the concert, and this had caused many Vietnam media to turn their criticisms towards Rain. A certain Vietnam newspaper wrote, "Korean artistes not only fix really expensive pricings for their concert ticket, they also emphasize too much on advertising, and are unable to satisfy the curiosity of the Vietnam viewers.

Vietnam is the first place where Hallyu started after artistes such as Kim Nam Joo and Jang Dong Gun achieved high popularity.