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Hanoi (VNA) - The German Film Festival will kick off at the National Cinema Centre in Hanoi tonight, with eight movies to be screened.  The festival held by the Goethe Institute in Hanoi includes the award-winning Systemsprenger (System Crasher), Too Far Away, The Mover; Angela Merkel - The Unexpected, Farewell to Europe, Mountain Miracle, The Perfect Secret and Democracy. "The festival is held in one month, not one week in association with social distancing," said the institute’s director Wilfried Eckstein at the press conference.  The institute is aiming to promote cultural activities which have been limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.  Opening the festival is the award-winning System Crasher. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt, the film about a troubled child won the best feature film at the German Film Awards and actress Helena Zengel, 11, won the award for the best female … [Read more...] about Award-winning movie to open German Film Festival

According to Eckstein, the opening ceremony of the film festival is due to get underway on the evening of September 12 at the Hanoi National Cinema Center with a showing of "The Rebel", directed by Nora Fingscheidt, which won the Silver Bear award during the Berlin Film Festival 2019 along with a number of other international prizes. … [Read more...] about Month-long German Film Festival 2020 to kick off in Vietnam

The festival held by the Goethe Institute in Hà Nội includes the award-winning Systemsprenger (System Crasher), Too Far Away, The Mover; Angela Merkel - The Unexpected, Farewell to Europe, Mountain Miracle, The Perfect Secret and Democracy. … [Read more...] about Award-winning movie to open German film festival

Berlin (VNA) – The famous “Nhat Ky Trong Tu” (Prison Diary) written by late President Ho Chi Minh during the early 1940s has been republished in German by two German citizens on the occasion of his 130th birthday (1890-2020). Dr. Erhard Scherner – a writer and poet and his spouse Helga Scherner, who studied Chinese language and culture in Leipzig, Berlin and Beijing, translated the diary from the Chinese version to German to show their admiration and respect for President Ho Chi Minh’s personality and talent. Speaking at an event to introduce the book on September 10, Dr. Scherner said through more than 100 poems translated into German, readers can feel the contents of the great thought of the Vietnamese late leader, as well as messages imbued with humanity and revolutionary spirit in his simple poems. Despite being imprisoned in Guangxi, China, with the extraordinary mettle and will, President Ho Chi Minh always maintained his belief, optimism, and … [Read more...] about President Ho Chi Minh’s Prison Diary republished in German

Not surprisingly, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) students achieved the highest average score at 5.85 in the national graduation exam, followed by Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau in southern Vietnam. Hanoi, the nation’s other major urban center, was in fourth place, followed by Nam Dinh and Hai Phong. In a reflection of the urban-rural divide that applies to so many areas of life, northern provinces such as Hoa Binh, Son La, and Ha Giang recorded the lowest scores. … [Read more...] about Missing the forest for the trees: National English exam results reconsidered