Vietnam Day held as part of Asian Festival Film in Italy
The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy and the organising board of the 18th Asian Film Festival held the “Vietnam Day” on June 22, as part of the June 17-23 festival in Rome.
Dad, I'm sorry is screened at the event (Photo: VNA)
Rome (VNA) 🦂– The Vietnamese Embassy inItaly and the organising board of the 18th Asian Film Festival heldthe “Vietnam Day” on June 22, as part of the June 17-23 festival in Rome.
Speaking at the openingceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Nguyen Thi Bich Hue said cinematicexchange also contributes to deepening Vietnam – Italy strategic partnership. On the occasion, fourVietnamese hit movies “Bac kim thang” (Home sweet home), “Tiec trang mau” (Bloodmoon party), “Rom” (Rom) and “Bo gia” (Dad, I’m sorry) were screened,drawing a number of audiences to Farnese cinema. Held by the Robert BressonFilm Foundation, the festival has selected the best films in East Asia in terms ofart and genre, with special attention to young and new directors. Director of the festival Antonio Termininisaid the themes of this year’s films focused on abuse of teenagers, complicated familyrelations, impacts of economic issues and sustainable development, climatechange in parts of East Asia, including in Mekong River. As many as 28 feature and two short filmsfrom Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia,Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Laos and Myanmar were featured at thesix-day event. The RoK Day (June 19) was also held at thefestival./
Phan Thanh Binh, head of the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Adolescents and President of the Vietnam-Italy Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, has been presented with Italy’s Order of Merit.
Vietnam, in its capacity as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and Italy – in its role as Chair of the G20 and Co-Chair of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, could strive and work together on fields of shared interest such as trade liberalisation, climate change combat and respect of international law, said Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Manlio Di Stefano.
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Dad, I'm sorry is screened at the event (Photo: VNA) 
