Francophone world targets youth
The Director of the International Organisation of the French-Speaking
World (IOF) Asian-Pacific office, Patrice Burel, said at a press
briefing in Hanoi on March 10 that these events will include a
Francophone film festival, African world music with Ba Cissoko band and a
cultural festival, aimed at promoting the colourful cultures of the
French-speaking world.
The Francophone film
festival will take place in Hanoi in the north, Hue city in the
central region and Ho Chi Minh City in the south, and present
audiences with films on modern times from France, Greece,
Switzerland, Belgium, Tunisia and Vietnam.
Vietnam will screen three documentaries at the festival, consisting of
“Left with the time”, directed by Le Hong Chuong, “Roads to justice”
directed by Lai Van Sinh, and “Countryside”, by Sy Chung.
The Francophone Cultural Festival will culminate with the final of
the French song festival at Hanoi University on the night of March
19. Vietnamese school pupils and university students are expected to
flock there for a cultural exchange./.