Hanoi (VNA) – The British Council has launched its arts grants programmeConnections Through Culture (CTC) UK - Southeast Asia for the 2020 – 2021 period, aimingto support exchanges and collaboration between the two sides.
Established inSoutheast Asia in August 2019, it provides grants to artists, cultural and artsprofessionals, and representatives of art collectives, networks or organisationsfrom the UK, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand andVietnam.
Grantees willbenefit from the inspiration gained from exchanging ideas and sharing theircultural history.
A grant isworth 2,500 – 7,500 GBP (3,237 – 9,711 USD).
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the programme will be supporting onlinecollaboration projects between Southeast Asia and the UK. Projects will beneeded to be completed between January to June next year.
Prior to thepandemic, this would have most likely involved international travel. However,with travel restricted and uncertain, the grant will be used to develop andstrengthen new and existing bilateral relationships between the two sides, byproviding funding to allow conversations to happen, and for the possibilitiesof online collaboration to be explored.
Applications will close on November 8./.
Vietnam, UK issue joint declaration on strategic partnership
Vietnam and the UK issued a “Joint Declaration on the Vietnam - UK Strategic Partnership: Forging Ahead for Another 10 Years” after the talks in Hanoi on September 30 between Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and UK First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Rabb. Following is the full text of the joint declaration.