Quoc Trung aims to push the Vietnamese music industry towards more standardized practices with intellectual property and copyright laws.
The Hanoi Monsoon Music Festival was a three-day event of live performances featuring Sato (France), DJ Van Cliffe (Japan), 9Bach (Wales), Benjamin Schoos (Belgium), Carpark North (Denmark), Lulu Rouge (Denmark), Dominic Miller (UK-Argentina), Yi Sung Yol (South Korea), and Vietnamese artists such as Diva Thanh Lam, Diva Trần Thu Hà, 5 Dòng Kẻ band, Ngũ Cung (Pentatonic) band, Kop Band, Rhapsody Philharmonic Group, DJ Tuấn Kruise, DJ Hoang Touliver, DJ SlimV, rapper Suboi and rapper Kimese.
This project was officially launched with a concert, billed as Khởi Nguồn (The Roots- Beginning) on September 1, 2012, at the Hanoi Opera House.
Alongside Quoc Trung and Nguyen Le, the concert featured Vietnamese pop diva Thanh Lam, traditional opera singer Kieu Anh, Tunisian musician Dhafer Youssef, and German percussion artist Rhani Krija.
[citation needed] He has collaborated with Thanh Lam, Duong Thu, Niels Lan Doky, Nguyen Le, Martin Hedin, Dhafer Youssef, Rhani Krija, Hong Nhung, Stephan Eicher, Tùng Dương, Xavier Desandre Navarre, Bui Huy Tuan, Manu Katche, Truong Anh Quan, Bent Bitte Iversen, My Linh, Tran Thu Ha, Uyen Linh and others.