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Activities to mark International Francophonie Day

Various activities will be held in Vietnam to celebrate International Francophonie Day, said Director of the Asia-Pacific office of the International Organisation of La Francophonie Eric-Normand Thibeault.
Activities to mark International Francophonie Day ảnh 1OIF General Secretary visit Le Courrier du Vietnam newspaper (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Various activities will be held in Vietnam to celebrate theInternational Francophonie Day (March 20), said Director of the Asia-Pacificoffice of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Eric-NormandThibeault on March 9.

Thibeault said the official ceremony, hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry ofForeign Affairs, his office and the Francophonie Embassies, Delegationsand Institutions Group (GADIF) will be held at the Hanoi Opera House.The Youth Francophonie Awards will be presented during the ceremony.

CelebratingFrancophonie Day reflects respect for all languages and cultures alike, hesaid, adding that the Francophonie community aims to protect the diversity oflanguages and cultures.

A numberof activities will take place across the country, including art shows byBelgian singer Axelle Red in Hanoi on March 18, Can Tho on March 19, HCM Cityon March 20; Romanian traditional dances in Hanoi from March 15-18 and in HCMCity on March 19, among others.

The 10thFrench-Speaking Film Festival will be held in Hanoi, Vinh, Hue and Ho Chi MinhCity from March 19 – April 2, with the screening of 10 movies and animatedfilms, including two Vietnamese films, “Cha va con va…” (Big Father, SmallFather and Other Stories) by Phan Dang Di, and “My nhan” (The Beautiful Woman)by Dinh Thai Thuy.

The VietnamNews Agency’s Le Courrier du Vietnam, the only French-language newspaper publishedin Vietnam, will hold the “Young Francophone Reporters” contest,the second of its kind, targeting French-language speakers aged between 18 – 35living in Vietnam.

The Asia-Pacific French-SpeakingRegional Centre will also hold an online writing contest themed “Equality,support, solidarity”.

Meanwhilethe French Cultural Centre L’Espace will host the final round of the PoetrySlam competition. The winners will represent Vietnam at the world Poetry Slam2017 to take place in France.

Aworkshop on the history of relations between Vietnam and Morocco on March 27will also be part of the activities.

The OIF,gathering 84 states and governments, including 58 members and 26 observers fromthe world with over 90 million people, boosts cooperation among French-speakingcountries.

Vietamjoined the OIF when it was established in 1970 and is considered a founding memberof the organisation.-VNA
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