UNESCO Vietnam and the Vietnam Cinema Association’s Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) on October 4 launched a filmmaking course for young Vietnamese filmmakers.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese Film Week will be held at the World Expo 2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from December 30, 2021 to January 5, 2022, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VOV.VN - ‘Mien Ky Uc', known as ‘Memoryland’ in English, has been granted a license by the Vietnam Cinema Department for competition in the New Currents category during the upcoming Busan International Film Festival.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has allowed the Vietnam Cinema Department to organise a Vietnam Film Week in Poland, with the event scheduled to run from October 6 to October 31.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Office in Vietnam and the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents under Vietnam Cinema Association will hold a course on non-profit film production with the enrolment taking place from September 6-30.

Storing and restoring films is a way for cinema to become the living heritage of a nation. This requires financial and human resources but is also an urgent requirement for the Vietnamese cinema industry, according to experts.

Major players in the Vietnam’s cinema industry have proposed that film screening to be included in the list of essential services amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Cinemas in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the two biggest markets in the country, closed on May 3 until further notice after new COVID-19 community cases were confirmed.

The Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema will perform King Oedipus at the 6th Asian Theatre Schools Festival (AETC) held online due to COVID-19 in Beijing, China, from May 18 to 23.

Cinemas, gyms and stadiums as well as spas and massage parlours in Hanoi will have to close down as from 00:00 hours on May 5 due to complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in the capital city.