German rock band Scorpions will join in the annual Monsoon Music Festival 2016 which is scheduled for October 21-23, according to the organiser.

 Scorpions will perform at the Monsoon Music Festival 2016 on October 23 in Hanoi

General director of the festival, musician Quoc Trung said at a press conference held yesterday in Hanoi that the band will perform on October 23 as special guests.

"The performance is part of Scorpions' tour to many countries to mark the group’s 50th founding anniversary," Trung said. "Apart from Vietnam, Scorpions will perform in Japan, Singapore and the Republic of Korea."

Monsoon Music Festival 2016 will be held at the World Heritage site of Thang Long Royal Citadel and see the participation of many international popular bands including SaveUs from Denmark, Last Train from France, Rukhsana Merrise from the UK, Kite from Sweden, DJ Julien Sato and VJ 100LDK from Japan, Goodluck from South Africa, Idiotape from the Republic of Korea, DJ Brezel Goring from Germany, and Lands from the US.

Themed “ I participate- I act- I change- I share”, this year’s Monsoon Music Festival aims at improving people's awareness on traffic safety.

Two Vietnamese pop singers My Linh and Tung Duong will represent Vietnam at the event. My Linh will introduce the project “Chat with Mozart 2” while Tung Duong will perform some songs in his latest project "Roots".