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She will therefore become a youth goodwill ambassador for social activities fighting against malnutrition in the world. Furthermore, Ha will work with concrete deeds in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the UN. IIMSAM represents the only inter-governmental organisation in the world with observer status at the UN Economic and Social Council. The organisation works as a humanitarian instrument in fighting malnutrition worldwide. According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), acute-malnutrition makes up the world’s number one killer. Ha, 19, first rose to prominence after she was crowned Miss Eco Vietnam 2022 last June. She became the first Vietnamese beauty to be crowned Miss Eco International 2023 last March. Elsewhere, Ha also picked up a win in the “Best in Eco Dress” sub-contest. The young girl has spent more than VND1 billion from her bonus in local and global pageants carrying out charity activities across the country. Mo...

The festival will open with the theme of “Vietnam & Asia Cinema – Cooperation for Development” and will be an unique cultural event that helps the country’s cinema industry to accelerate comprehensive integration, promote close international ties in culture and cinema, as well as developing the Vietnamese film industry.  The event is expected to offer an opportunity to elevate the image of Da Nang to both domestic and international friends, whilst developing tourism and service industries in the central city moving forward.  Organisers revealed that as many as 20 Asian and Vietnamese films are set to be screened at the event.  Furthermore, a number of workshops will be held during the course of the event to help participants share experience and select talented young filmmakers for training under the guidance of inter...

Addressing the event, Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van, head of the Vietnamese delegation to UNESCO, emphasised that traditional Vietnamese cultural heritages have been strongly preserved over the years and have been increasingly known to the world through a number of tangible and intangible cultural heritage certificates granted by UNESCO. Claudine de Kerdaniel, a member of the permanent delegation of the Saint Vincent & the Grenadines to UNESCO, said she was extremely impressed by the unique performances put on by Vietnamese artists, especially the water puppetry shows. She highly commended the talent of the local artists, the range of traditional beautiful costumes, the stage setting, as well as their thorough preparations for the shows. At the event, the participating delegates enjoyed some of Vietnam’s unique and diverse food dishes. The post Vietnamese culture introduced in Paris appeared first on Vietexplorer.com .

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the event will contribute to promoting activities within the National Tourism Year 2023 in Binh Thuan, and simultaneously elevating the locality’s culture and tourism to the world. The exhibition is to popularize beautiful and vivid images snapped by photographers around the world, and at the same time to provide an ideal venue for both international and Vietnamese photographers to share their experience and introduce their creative artworks. The exhibition will be divided into two themes, featuring the natural beauty of people, as well as the landscapes and culture, of both Vietnam and Binh Thuan province. Each author is eligible to submit up to 20 single photos and send their artworks directly to the email address haoct.cmtna@bvhttdl.gov.vn. The deadline for submissions will be on June 30, with all of the information about the photo exhibition being updated at the website http://ape.gov.vn. Winners of the photo exhib...

The “World of Kyogen Comedy” program will introduce the 650-year-old comic theater of Japan, which was recognized by UNESCO as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2002. Kyogen is a long-standing traditional art form that the Japanese are proud to introduce to international friends. The program consists of 2 parts: an introduction to traditional Kyogen comedy and the play “Bonsan”, performed by the artists Ogasawara Tadashi and Ogasawara Hiroaki, father and son. The play heralded the popularity of the bonsai hobby.   Artist Ogasawara Tadashi introduces Kyogen before the performance. Photo: Ngo Minh/The Hanoi Times Artist Ogasawara Tadashi said he was honored to perform Kyogen for Vietnamese audiences on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan. “Kyogen is an art form of imagination. The stage of Kyogen has no bulky props or complicated details. I chose the play about bonsai, a theme close ...

The European Literature Days 2023 will run in Hanoi from May 11 to 21, with many events, according to the French Institute. The opening ceremony will be held on May 13 with the participation of representatives from embassies and cultural institutes of 13 European countries. As part of the 2023 European Literature Days, publishing units and cultural enterprises in Vietnam will hold book launches, readings, literary discussions, and book fairs. In addition, two composition competitions on European characters and a competition on European literature have attracted many candidates who are passionate about literature and painting.  Writer Michel Bussi (center) is seen during an exchange with Vietnamese readers. Photo: Nha Nam Company This year’s event will showcase diverse works from the UK, Poland, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, France, Finland, Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Italy, presented in seminars, book launches, and exhibitions. Readers...

The maiden event aimed to increase exchanges and cooperation between ASEAN member states and China in the protection, inheritance, utilisation and development of intangible cultural heritage in the region and the world. In addition to special art performance acts, including “Crickets” and “Five variables”, which won the applause of audiences, Vietnamese artists also introduced the diversity in types of performance such as “mua sap” dance (Cheraw dance), Xoan singing and trumpet dancing, among others,  Besides art performance shows, the delegations also took part in ASEAN-China Intangible Culture Fair where traditional handicrafts, brocade products and folk sculpture products of nations were showcased. The post Vietnam attends ASEAN- China Intangible Cultural Heritage Week appeared first on Vietexplorer.com .

This is the first ever visit to Vietnam by a Luxembourg PM over the past 20 years. In the photo, the two PMs review the guard of honour at the welcoming ceremony in Hanoi. After the welcoming ceremony, the two PM hold talks and witness the signing of a number of cooperation documents between the two countries’ ministries and sectors. Vietnam and Luxembourg established diplomatic relations on November 15, 1973, and over the past five decades, bilateral relations have developed positively. In the photo, the two PMs review pictures highlighting the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Luxembourg. Economic-trade-investment cooperation is an important pillar in bilateral relations. Two-way trade turnover between the two countries has increased over the years, from US$96 million in 2019 to US$181.6 million in 20021 and US$187.1 million in 2022. The two sides have maintained regular reciprocal visit exchanges to outline orientation for future...