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Vietnam, Denmark ink cultural cooperation deal

Vietnam and Denmark on November 2 signed a memorandum of understanding on cultural cooperation during the 2009-2014 period as part of activities within the official visit to Vietnam by Dannish Queen Margrethe II.
Vietnam and Denmark on November 2signed a memorandum of understanding on cultural cooperation during the2009-2014 period as part of activities within the official visit toVietnam by Dannish Queen Margrethe II.

The MoU will be a foundation for both countries to increase art andcultural cooperation in the period, including exchanges betweenconcerned agencies and individuals.

Signatories to the MoU were Vietnam’s Minister of Culture, Sports andTourism, Hoang Tuan Anh, and his Danish counterpart, CarinaChristensen.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Minister Hoang Tuan Anh said inrecent years, Vietnam has had an opportunity to learn from and holdexchanges with Denmark in the field of culture thanks to culturalsupport funds and projects financed by the Danish government.

At present, Denmark is funding seven projects in Vietnam which focus onfacilitating dialogues between cultural managers and policy makers,promoting literature for children and improving management in theperforming arts

Minister Hoang Tuan Anh requested that Denmark increase assistance toexchange activities aimed at promoting Vietnam’s image and culture inDenmark so as to promote mutual understanding with the Danish people.

He also called for Denmark to vote for Ha Long Bay as a world naturewonder and for Thang Long imperial citadel to become a world culturalheritage site.

The Danish embassy has worked with the Vietnam Fine Arts University,the Tuoi Tre theatre and concerned agencies under the Ministry ofCulture, Sports and Tourism to organise various cultural activitiesthroughout the ten-day visit of the Danish Queen.

Prominent among the activities are a street art festival, aVietnam-Denmark rock concert and an exhibition of a Danish-fundedemergency room.

As part of the activities to welcome the Queen’s visit, the HanoiWriters’ Society, the Kim Dong publishing house and the Danish Writers’Society on November 2 held an awards ceremony for Vietnamese children’sauthors in 2008-2009.

At the ceremony, the organising committee launched a writingcompetition for children in 2009-2010 period with the theme of“Dialogue with the nature” and kicked off a picture exhibition byVietnamese and Danish painters./.
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