Mezcal Jazz Unit went to Vietnam for the first time 2002 for a series of concerts and artistic collaborations The desire to create an original collaborative music performance was born from encounters with Vietnamese artists across the country. "Tìm Gió "(Looking for the wind) came into being in 2005 in Ho Chi Minh City, and would be performed in Vietnam and also in France.
The C.D., « Tìm Gió, ’ recorded at the National Conservatory of Music was produced by the SCAC (Cultural Affairs Section of the French Embassy in Ho Chi Minh City.)
This original Franco- Vietnamese music collaboration, combining jazz and traditional instruments would represent France in 2006 at the prestigious Hué Festival, in the heart of the imperial city.