The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued a decision on April 8 to approve the organisation of the ASEAN Film Week in celebration of Vietnam’s ASEAN Chairmanship this year.

The film week is scheduled to be held in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City with the aim of promoting the fine values of people in the ASEAN Community. Each ASEAN country will be invited to send a film to the event.

The selected films will be translated into Vietnamese and submitted to an evaluation council. Themed “For an ASEAN of cohesion and proactive adaptation”, the film week is expected to enhance the role and position of Vietnam as the ASEAN Chair in 2020.