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The 2017 ASEAN Film Festival features films originated from ASEAN member states to share the diversity and way of life of the ASEAN community, cultivate a better understanding on their values and cultures and encourage and celebrate their film productions. … [Read more...] about ASEAN Film Festival 2017 opens in Geneva

Hanoi (VNA) – The 7th Japan – Vietnam Festival has been postponed due to fears over the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is spreading around the world, according to Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Tsutomu Takebe. Because of the complex development of the epidemic, Japan has decided to delay the event in Ho Chi Minh City slated for last weekend in Ho Chi Minh City, Takebe told Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien in their meeting in Hanoi on February 24. It will be rescheduled around mid-year or year-end, depending on the situation at that time, he said, noting that he is impressed with the Vietnamese government’s rapid response to the epidemic. The rescheduled festival will be held on a larger scale, featuring an event hosted by the Japan Business Association promoting dialogue for peace between Vietnam and Japan, he added. Minister Thien, for his part, briefed his guest on … [Read more...] about 7th Japan-Vietnam Festival postponed over COVID-19 fears

Upon their visit to the Vietnamese stand, visitors could learn more about the nation, with many guests keen to taste some local delicacies, such as Nem, a type of spring roll, Bun Cha, a delicious dish containing noodle soup, and Che, sweet soup. … [Read more...] about Australian festival provides platform to showcase Vietnamese culture

Its message resonated with many South Koreans who identify themselves as “dirt spoons”, those born to low-income families who have all but given up on owning a decent house or climbing the social ladder, as opposed to “silver spoons”, who are from better-off families. … [Read more...] about Black and white “Parasite” reaches Vietnam’s cinemas

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 25 held a conference to review activities abroad honouring President Ho Chi Minh - a hero of national liberation and a great man of culture - over the past decade. In his remarks, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh stressed the significance of the UNESCO Resolution adopted in 1987 marking the centennial birthday of President Ho Chi Minh as a hero of national liberation and a great man of culture. The document said the President is an outstanding symbol of national affirmation, who devoted his whole life to the national liberation of the Vietnamese people, contributing to the common struggle of peoples for peace, national independence, democracy and social progress. It also highlighted the late leader’s important and multifaceted contributions in the fields of culture, education and arts, Minh said. Over the past ten years, ministries, agencies, localities and overseas representative … [Read more...] about President Ho Chi Minh’s thought promoted abroad