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After more than a year in production, the full cast and crew for the film Kieu produced by Tincom Media were recently announced.

Many cultural activities have been held in the central province of Ha Tinh, the hometown of great Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du (1765–1820) who is the author of the Vietnamese masterpiece, Truyen Kieu (the Tales of Kieu), to celebrate his 255th birth anniversary and 200th death anniversary.

An exhibition featuring translations of Vietnamese masterpiece Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu) opened in Paris as part of the activities to mark poet Nguyen Du’s 255th birthday and commemorate his 200th death anniversary.

Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UNESCO in collaboration with the central province of Ha Tinh will organise a ceremony to commemorate the 200th death anniversary of great poet Nguyen Du at the UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris in March.

Vietnamese epic The Tale of Kieu will be performed by French artists for the first time in Hanoi on September 25.

Artists perform opera, pop music, drama and western musical instrument at the same time in the “Kim Van Kieu” opera.

A Romanian version of the great epic poem by poet Nguyen Du (1766–1820) has just been handed as a gift to the Nguyen Du Memorial Centre in the central province of Ha Tinh.

The memorial site dedicated to great poet Nguyen Du in Nghi Xuan district in the central province of Ha Tinh will be developed into a national culture and tourism destination under a master plan.

A culture and tourism week in memory of UNESCO-recognised World Cultural Celebrity Nguyen Du was opened in his father’s hometown – Nghi Xuan district, the central province of Ha Tinh, on November 28.

The latest edition of the epic poem entitled Truyen Kieu (Tale of Kieu) was released by Tre Publishing House and the Association of Kieu Studies' document department on November 24.

The Nguyen Du relic site was established in 1965 in Ha Tinh Province in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Nguyen Du’s birthday and was recognised as a special national relic.

Activities to celebrate 250 years since the birth of great poet Nguyen Du (1766-1820) were reviewed at a session in Hanoi on October 2.

An international workshop is to be held in Hanoi on August 8 to herald the 250th birthday anniversary of great poet Nguyen Du (1765-2015).