Vietnam-RoK Film Festival to open in Hanoi, HCM City
(VOV) -Ten most popular films from the Republic of Korea (RoK) depicting the country’s land and people will be screened at the Vietnam-RoK Film Festival in Hanoi from October 18-24 and Ho Chi Minh from December 6-8.
The festival will start with director Choo Chang Min’s blockbuster Masquarade (starring Lee Byung-hun) at Hanoi’s Megastar Vincom Towers on October 18.
Other popular films include Always (starring So-Ji Sub), Little Black Dress (Yoon Eun-Hye), As One (Ha Ji-won) and Love on Air (Lee Min-Jung and Lee Jung-Jin).
The festival’s ambassadors will be Cha Ye-Ryeon from the RoK and Johnny Tri Nguyen from Vietnam.
The event is part of the 2012 Vietnam-RoK Friendship Year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.
In addition, there will be a friendship golf tournament, a Vietnam-RoK concert, a K-Pop concert, a friendship walk, a photo exhibition on Vietnam-RoK friendship and the RoK singing contest in the southern province of Binh Duong and Ho Chi Minh City in nearly three months from October to December.
The highlight of the 2012 Asia Super Showcase in Vietnam will be the performance of RoK famous band Super Junior at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) and the Vietnam-RoK friendship gala diner in Ho Chi Minh City on December 21.