The German-based specialty chemicals group, Lanxess, has announced itspartnership with the Science Film Festival to be held in Vietnam andCambodia this month.
This move is a part of its efforts to propagate the importance of chemistry in daily life.
The partnership is part of activities undertaken by Lanxess globally asthe world celebrates the International Year of Chemistry as launched bythe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation(UNESCO), the company said.
Launched in Thailand in2005 by the German learning institution Goethe Institute, the filmfestival is a cultural and educational initiative presenting Europeanand Asian films that communicate technological, ecological andscientific issues in an entertaining way to a young ASEAN audience.
This is the first time the festival is being held in Vietnam .
Eighteen films from six European and Asian countries will be screenedin cities of Hanoi , Hai Phong, Da Nang , Hue , HCM City andCan Tho, as well as five provinces between November 11 and 30.
The festival's opening night will take place at the Trung Vuong High School in Hanoi on November 11.
In Cambodia , 15 films from four countries will be screened in Phnom Penh and surrounding provinces.
The film festival aims to reach a total of 20,000 children and youth, including students from teachers training universities.
All films have been dubbed in the respective local languages, ensuringdirect understanding of film content by the audience, without thedistraction of reading subtitles.
Kaye Lim, Lanxess'svice-president of corporate communications for the Asia-Pacific region,said, "The festival is one of the many initiatives undertaken by Lanxessas part of our global vision for education as a fundamental buildingblock of life.
"We believe that through social conduitslike this, we are cultivating not just a higher and sustainable level ofinterest in science amongst the schoolchildren, but building talentsfor the future as well.”/.
This move is a part of its efforts to propagate the importance of chemistry in daily life.
The partnership is part of activities undertaken by Lanxess globally asthe world celebrates the International Year of Chemistry as launched bythe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation(UNESCO), the company said.
Launched in Thailand in2005 by the German learning institution Goethe Institute, the filmfestival is a cultural and educational initiative presenting Europeanand Asian films that communicate technological, ecological andscientific issues in an entertaining way to a young ASEAN audience.
This is the first time the festival is being held in Vietnam .
Eighteen films from six European and Asian countries will be screenedin cities of Hanoi , Hai Phong, Da Nang , Hue , HCM City andCan Tho, as well as five provinces between November 11 and 30.
The festival's opening night will take place at the Trung Vuong High School in Hanoi on November 11.
In Cambodia , 15 films from four countries will be screened in Phnom Penh and surrounding provinces.
The film festival aims to reach a total of 20,000 children and youth, including students from teachers training universities.
All films have been dubbed in the respective local languages, ensuringdirect understanding of film content by the audience, without thedistraction of reading subtitles.
Kaye Lim, Lanxess'svice-president of corporate communications for the Asia-Pacific region,said, "The festival is one of the many initiatives undertaken by Lanxessas part of our global vision for education as a fundamental buildingblock of life.
"We believe that through social conduitslike this, we are cultivating not just a higher and sustainable level ofinterest in science amongst the schoolchildren, but building talentsfor the future as well.”/.
