The festival, which also attracted the participation of over 20 foreign embassies and Indonesia’s Government officials, included a parade introducing local culture, and booths on partner countries’ immigration policies and cultural features.The initiative to renew passports and quickly solve passport-related procedures was the highlight of the event.The organising board planned to grant 1,600 new passports during the festival. However, as of 11am, 3,000 people had registered for new passports.Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly said that the public service in the field of immigration draws public attention. However, human resources and budget for this work remain limited and is unable to meet the increasing demand of middle-class Indonesians.Therefore, through the festival, the ministry hopes for a closer approach to the public, he added.
Actress Minh Trang in Dream of Happiness. — (Photo: coutesry of Viet Nam Youth Theatre)Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam Youth Theatre will perform at the Vientiane Performing Arts Festival 2016 that will be held from January 29 to 31 at the National Culture Hall. The five Vietnamese artists who will participate in the festival are Duy Anh, Huong Thuy, Minh Cuc and Minh Trang, besides director Bui Nhu Lai who will lead them. The artists' two performances will be La Rung (Falling Leaves) and Giac Mo Hanh Phuc (Dream of Happiness) set to music. Director Lai reworked the pieces, which were parts…... [read more]
The film delegation will receive international film producers and publishers, film festival organisers, media and those who interest in Vietnam’s film and tourism.A special event called “Vietnam night”, which features the most famous and successful films of Vietnamese cinema and introduces Vietnamese cuisine, is expected to create lasting impression on the visitors.The Vietnam Movie Department will sign a minutes of cooperation with France’s National Centre for Cinema and Moving Image to elevate the close relations between two countries in film industry.“Vietnam - a new destination for blockbusters” will be a key theme of the popularisation campaign of the Vietnamese movie…... [read more]
"Antigone Vietnam", a joint product of the Central Tuong Theatre and France's Monte-Charge Theatre, presented in HCMCity, at the Hue Festival 2008 and in Hanoi on June 17, will attend the Avignon Festival in France in July 2008. "Antigone Vietnam" is a historical drama by French script writer Alain Destandau, who is also Director of the Monte-Charge Theatre. The drama features Vietnam's tuong and France's mask drama arts. It is one of the activities under the 2nd "French Spring" festival in Hanoi. During their trips to theatres in Asia five years ago, Alain Destandau and his wife, Bestina Schneeberger, visited…... [read more]
Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan said the embassy expected that people in these regions will soon recover from the floods and stabilize their lives.On this occasion, staff members of Vietnamese representative agencies in Indonesia also donated money to support the unfinished wish of the Vietnam News Agency’s reporter Dinh Huu Du, who laid down his life reporting the flood in Yen Bai province. Northern mountainous provinces and part of the central region have been submerged by widespread floods resulting from torrential rains on October 10 and 11. The death toll climbed to 72 by 21:00 on October 15,…... [read more]
This is the first time in 20 years that Vietnam will attend a Circuba festival. Vietnam will participate in the event with the "Superman Swing" show, which won the first prize at the International Circus Festival of Albacete in 2010, and "the Power of the Arms", which won a gold medal at the Hanoi International Circus Festival. In 2010, Cuba attended the Hanoi International Circus Festival and bagged the silver medal. Vietnam Circus Federation was honoured to be presented with the first-class independence medal by the Party and State.... [read more]
