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Next month on the 17th, 19th and 20th of May, KBBV, the Breton society in Vietnam will organize in Ho Chi Minh city and Hanoi and this for the tenth time the celebrations of Brittany's national day.

The guest of honour of this tenth edition of “Gouel Breizh” is the famous popular Breton singer Gilles Servat who will be accompanied by local talented musicians.

Gilles Servat has been singing for more than 40 years and often with the chorus and heart of audiences whether being 80 in Cabarets, passionate 60 000 in the Stade de France or 18 000 at Bercy Hall.

Gilles Servat has recorded 24 LP's and CDs out of which 6 became golden LP's and has received the award of the Charles Cros Academy.

Composer of popular songs of which many are nowadays considered traditional folk songs such as “La Blanche Hermine”, “Eleanor”, “Erika”, “Kalondour”, Breton in his soul, generous in the defence of noble human causes Gilles Servat is a figure head of the Breton culture, a figure head of a Brittany opened to the world.

Gilles Servat will perform in concert at the Idecaf Hall (31 Thai Van Lung street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam) on Thursday May 17th from 6 30 pm and during the Gouel Breizh kermesse which will take place at Binh Quoi II park on Saturday May 19th.

The participation – donation from adults is set up at 200.000 VND to be donated on site while access for students and children is free. Access to the kermesse on May 19th at Binh Quoi II park is free for all. The official program of the festivities can be viewed on KBBV website: www.kbbv-bretoninvietnam.com.

These festivities will start on Saturday May 19th by the consecration at 9h30 at Saigon Cathedral of the Lady Saint Anna stain window renovated with the sponsorship of KBBV, followed by the execution of the traditional canticle to St Yves and of the Breton national anthem Bro Gozh va Zadoù.

• La Saint Yves fêtée au château des ducs de Bretagne à Nantes par Maryvonne Cadiou le 19/05/2007
• La Saint Andrew écossaise fêtée le 30 novembre par Jacques-Yves Le Touze le 27/11/2011
• Attaque contre la Saint Yves par Blanc C Exprimé le 26/11/2009
• La région Bretagne va parrainer une Saint Yves mondiale dans l'esprit de la Saint Patrick irlandaise et de la Breizh Touch par Philippe Argouarch le 12/01/2009
• Saint-Yves - Fête de la Bretagne à Paris XIVe par Mission Bretonne - Ti ar Vretoned le 27/04/2011
• Assemblée générale annuelle des Bretons du Vietnam par Kevredigezh Bretoned Bro Vietnam le 22/09/2010
• Les Bretons du Vietnam rejoignent le réseau Bretons du Monde-OBE par Bretons du Monde - OBE le 30/09/2010
• Saint Yves attire plus de 4000 personnes dimanche dernier à Montparnasse par Skoazell Diwan Paris le 20/05/2004
• Statues bouddhiques en Afghanistan, Saint Yves en Bretagne par Bretons du Monde - OBE le 22/04/2010
• Vietnam : bilan de la Saint Yves 2010 par Kevredigezh Bretoned Bro Vietnam le 15/06/2010