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A seminar discussing the role of people-to-people diplomacy in Vietnam – Russia relations took place in Moscow on September 19.

The first ASEAN-Japan Music Festival took place in Hanoi on July 28, featuring top music stars from Japan and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The Ural Opera Ballet Theatre performed the classical ballet Giselle at Hà Nội Opera House on June 12.

Wakuwaku Japan channel was officially launched in Hanoi on December 12 as part of a cooperation programme between the Japanese channel and the pay-TV cable broadcaster VTVcab.

A music festival celebrating the 45th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan took place in Hanoi on September 9 night.

A Vietnam – Japan music gala will be held in Hanoi on September 9 celebrating the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, said General Director of Vietnam Television (VTV) Tran Binh Minh on September 8.

The Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association has held many activities in various fields since the start of this year and become a bridge for cooperation in economy-trade, culture-education and science-technology between the nations, said its President Tran Binh Minh.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited the Vietnam Television (VTV) and Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) on June 21 – the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

The Vietnam Television (VTV) and the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) will exchange television products and join hands in production as well as personnel training, especially in the field of digital television in the next three years.

A gathering was held in Hanoi on May 23 to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the Vietnam–Russia Friendship Association and to recall great memories in the history of the Vietnam–Russia friendship.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Cambodia on October 20 held a ceremony to raise funds for flood-hit residents in the northern mountainous and north central provinces of the home country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision to reappoint Nguyen Duc Loi as General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

Vietnam Television (VTV) and HCM Communist Youth Union on April 3 announced a new TV programme titled “Startup Nation,” which is expected to promote startups in Vietnam.

Vietnamese-American director Victor Vu is working on a new action film, Loi Bao (In the Storm), together with his young staff in Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

A radio and television station in Laos’s Udomsay province worth nearly 108 billion VND funded by Vietnam was handed over to the Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism at a ceremony in the locality on November 30.

A series of new TV programmes dedicated to Vietnamese tourism was launched on September 27.

The latest information about television technology and equipment has been updated at the Vietnam International Exhibition on Film and Television Technology (Telefilm) which opened in Hanoi on July 13.

Vietnam Television (VTV) officially opened another representative office in Los Angeles, California at a ceremony on April 23.

Vietnam Television officially launched VTV7, its new national education channel in Hanoi on January 8.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and government officials attended a ceremony in Hanoi on September 7 celebrating the 45th anniversary of Vietnam Television (VTV)’s first broadcast.