Vietnam’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien (R) and China’s Minister of Culture Luo Shugang (Photo VNA)Beijing (VNA) – Vietnam’s Minister of Culture, Sports and TourismNguyen Ngoc Thien and China’s Minister of Culture Luo Shugang agreed tocontinue realising the common perception of the two countries’ leaders onenhancing bilateral cooperation in culture during their talks in Beijing onJanuary 7.
Looking back at the implementation of the cultural cooperation agreement in the2016-2018 period, the two ministers highlighted significant outcomes, includingthe exchange of visits by high-ranking officials of the two ministries.
On the occasion of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) andPresident Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam in 2017, the two sides launched acentre of Chinese culture in Hanoi.
Vietnam and China also coordinated to organise successfully photo exhibitionstitled “Vietnam in the eyes of Chinese photographers” and “China in the eyes ofVietnamese photographers”.
The two ministries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation incultural industry.
The ministers agreed to establish mechanism for annual meetings betweenofficials of the two ministries, and decided on orientation for cultural cooperationin 2019-2021, focusing on the preservation of intangible cultural heritage, arttraining, and development of the cultural industry.
Minister Nguyen Ngoc Thien is making an official visit to China from January7-9 at the invitation of China’s Minister of Culture Luo Shugang. He is scheduledto hold working sessions with leaders from the China National TourismAdministration, State General Administration of Sports, and attend the openingceremony of an exhibition of traditional Lunar New Year paintings of Vietnamand China in Beijing.-VNA
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