ICTM is a non-government organisation and an official corresponding orgnisation of UNESCO. The Global ICTM conference is held every two years on odd years and this is the first time Vietnam has hosted this event.

The conference will discuss two major musical topics: the music with ethnic minority groups and applied folk musicology with a focus on the role of music in maintaining the ethnic minority community as well as the preservation of performing arts and the role of performing arts in dialogues, support and education.

Vietnam will present 13 reports at the conference.