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The Vietnamese Embassy in Saudi Arabia, concurrently in Bahrain, played host to a special screening of the film “The Tailor” on May 15. The event was part of the 2024 FrancoFilm Festival, a celebration of French-speaking cinema organized by the French Embassy in collaboration with the Alliance Française in Bahrain. The FrancoFilm Festival showcases the diverse cinematic creations from four continents within the French-speaking world. This year’s festival featured films from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe, with partnerships from Canada, Cameroon, France, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Switzerland, and Vietnam. By organizing this festival, the French Embassy, along with its Francophone partners, celebrates the vibrant and diverse Francophone film industry. This event also coincides with the upcoming 19th Francophonie Summit, which will take place in Villers-Cotterêts on October 4. The Vietnamese film “The Tailor” captivated the attention of locals, diplomats, and expatriates alike ...

Ambassador of Vietnam to Brazil Bui Van Nghi and Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation Luciana Santos met to discuss enhancing bilateral cooperation between their nations. (Photo: Vietnamese Embassy in Brazil) During their meeting, Ambassador Bui Van Nghi and Minister Luciana Santos identified key areas of collaboration, including telecommunications, high technology, semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, quantum science, aerospace, and aircraft. Ambassador Bui Van Nghi proposed the establishment of a Joint Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation to foster closer ties and mutual learning between the two countries. Vietnam aspires to learn from Brazil’s advancements in ethanol biotechnology, the agricultural processing industry, and mining. Ambassador Bui Van Nghi also highlighted the shared global concerns of both nations, such as combating climate change, sustainable energy, and space technology. With Vietnam’s Regional Development St...

Hang Kia Pa Co – Mai Chau, Hoa Binh Hang Kia and Pa Co are two highland communes in Hoa Binh, inhabited by the Mong ethnic group. Perched at an altitude of over 1,000 meters above sea level, Hang Kia-Pa Co is often enveloped in a blanket of clouds, offering a comfortable ambiance even during the hottest summer days. Hang Kia and Pa Co, home to the Mong ethnic group, shrouded in mist. Photo: Bao Hoa Binh Recently, the locals have enhanced the area’s allure by planting flowers and developing supporting infrastructure, thereby providing tourists with the perfect setting to witness the majestic sea of clouds and capture breathtaking photographs. The ideal time to catch this ethereal sight is from 5 am to 9 am. As visitors ascend towards the cloud-hunting spots, they are treated to a spectacle of floating white clouds, fresh air, and serene tranquility. Beyond cloud hunting, Hang Kia-Pa Co captivates with its poetic beauty. Unlike other renowned cloud-hunting destinations, t...

According to details given by Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham Quang Hieu, the Vietnam Festival 2023 represents an important cultural event that helps Japanese people to get deeper insights into Vietnamese land, people, culture, history, and specialties. It will also offer an opportunity for the Vietnamese community in Japan and Japanese friends interested in the country to interact and understand more about each other, he added. Hieu noted that the occasion marks the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties which was set up in 1973 and will serve to help strengthen solidarity and friendship, thereby contributing to development linkages in all aspects between the two countries. The organising board shared that this year’s event is expected to draw the participation of 140 booths run by Vietnamese companies and organisations, which showcase a wide range of traditional Vietnamese products. At the festival, visitors will also be able...

The festival, which took place on September 24, 2022 at the Nghia Lo Stadium in the northern province of Yen Bai, was organised by the Yen Bai Provincial People’s Committee in collaboration with Newday Media JSC. It was held to raise awareness of art of traditional xoe dance of the Thai ethnic minority in Muong Lo Village that was recognized as the intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO, and also to promote the village as a national tourist attraction. The EMA 2023 awards were launched by Campaign Asia-Pacific, a leading media brand for advertising, marketing, and media professionals in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of the awards is to honour the regional business events community and celebrate its creativity and innovation. Judged by a panel of global experts, every year, the awards receive hundreds of entries from leading organisations across the continent in the field of organising cultural, historical and...

Titled “Listening to the Stories of Ao Dai”, the event is in the framework of the “Toucher Arts” project, which includes a series of seminars, concerts, exhibitions and workshops concerning Vietnamese culture at French schools, in response to the anniversary of 50 years of diplomatic relations and 10 years of strategic partnership between Vietnam and France. Attending the event were Elodie Le Floch, mayor of Kervignac, and Stephanie Do, the first Vietnamese-born politician in the French Government; together with nearly 100 French people interested in Vietnamese culture. At this event, the online exhibition “Ao Dai tells stories” at www.toucherarts.com, was also launched for the first time to the French public, which chronicled the stories of characters around the world, recounting memorable moments in their lives that behold the presence of áo dài. Young photographer Thao Nguyen also introduced the photo collection “Dreaming Hoi An”, which will be o...

Under a decision recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, the programme is set to be implemented nationwide and in several countries that have long-term cultural relations with Vietnam. It will primarily focus on cultural heritage, grassroots-level culture, performing arts, fine arts, photography and exhibitions, cinematography, library, training, national culture; foreign culture, and cultural industry, among others. The scheme puts forward eight groups of tasks and solutions, including perfecting cultural policies, improving the operational efficiency of cultural institutions, and building a healthy cultural environment. It underscores the importance of developing a contingent of writers, artists, intellectuals, and human resources for cultural management, training, and scientific research; creating distinctive cultural products of Vietnam; as well as promoting Vietnamese culture to the world. Efforts will be made to preserve and protect heritages and indigenous...

The exhibition themed “Femmes du Vietnam: Tradition et Modernities” (Vietnamese women: Tradition and Modernity) is being jointly organised by the France-Vietnam Friendship Association and the authorities of the Loire-Atlantique region in France. More than 60 artworks highlighting Vietnamese women’s beauty seen from their back, along with their costumes, working tools, and household utensils were photographed by Thiery Beyne during his past tours throughout Vietnam. Beyne began travelling in the 1980s, traversing several Asian countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. During his Vietnam tours, including a 7-year-stay, he has had a chance to travel from north to south, meet many different people, and showcase different perspectives about life in Vietnam through his work. The exhibition also showcases black-and-white photographs featuring Vietnamese landscapes and people in daily lives snapped by French photographer Jean-Miche...

The opening ceremony of the painting competition entitled “Vietnamese Heritage in Fine Arts” was held on May 18, highlighting the importance of preserving cultural heritage and natural values. The lacquer painting titled “The Scenery of Thay Pagoda” by Pham Hau (1903- 1995) Participants in the contest have a chance to win a special prize worth VND100 million or nearly US$4,400, according to the Cultural Heritage Association of Vietnam. The contest offers 17 with a total value of VND960 million (US$40,500), including the US$4,400 grand prize. To Van Dong, Vice President of the Cultural Heritage Association of Vietnam (CHAV), said the event organizer calls for the participation of young local artists and art lovers who can depict the beauty and value of Vietnam’s heritage through artworks. “The contest aims to praise the value of heritage and spread the love for national heritage among Vietnamese youth. This will encourage them to foster the protection and preservation...

The activity is part of the Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2023, which opened in Thua Thien-Hue on the evening of April 28 and will last through Friday. Upon arriving at Thuong Bac Park on Tran Hung Dao Street in Hue City, the Belgian artists wearing stilts were warmly welcomed by both residents and tourists. Following a period of preparation, the stilt artists responded to a command signal and gracefully mounted their stilts.  Belgian stilt artists perform on a street in Hue City in Thua Thien-Hue Province, central Vietnam, May 1, 2023. Photo: Minh An / Tuoi Tre Their movements were executed with precision and skill, and wherever they went, spectators and tourists followed, applauding and cheering with enthusiasm. The stilt artists stopped at key intersections, including the ones north of Truong Tien Bridge and in front of Dong Ba Market, to perform close-up movements that involved using their stilts to push each other, engage in mock fights, and create a li...