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.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of of Culture, Sports and Tourism has granted permission for the Embassy of Brazil in Vietnam to launch a Brazilian Film Week in Hanoi.

A Japan Film Week 2021 will kick off in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16 to promote Japanese cinema to Vietnamese audiences.

VOV.VN - The ongoing Vietnamese Film Days in Russia opened at Kosmos cinema in Moscow on December 21, with five new Vietnamese films which won domestic and international prizes being put on show for audiences to enjoy.

The Russian Film Week kicked off at the National Cinema Centre in Hanoi on December 9 night with the screening of movie Road to Berlin.

A Russian Film Week will begin in Hanoi on December 9 at the National Cinema Centre.

VOV.VN - A total of 13 movies are being screened during the European Film Festival 2020 which opened at the National Cinema Centre in Hanoi on November 20.