Vietnam - Finland Cultural Activities to Take Place in Hanoi

The Finnish Film Week 2009 in Vietnam takes place in the Hanoi Cinema Club from April 28, 2009.

 

Five well-known films in Finland will be screened during the week, including “Black Ice,” “Ambush,” “Juha,” “Mother of Mine” and “Leaning Tower”. The Finnish films will be showed with English subtitles at the Hanoi Cinema Club. The tickets are delivered free at the Hanoi Cinema Club on April 20.

 

This is part of a series of cultural cooperation activities between Vietnam and Finland in the framework of Europe Days starting from May 9.

 

Announcing the Finnish Film Week in Hanoi to the press on April 20, Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam Pekka Hyvomen said that since 1974, Finland and Vietnam have worked together in the official development assistance field and now Finland hopes to make bilateral relations more versatile, including cultural cooperation.

 

After the film week, Finland will hold a piano and cello duo musical performance in Hanoi on May 20 at the French Cultural Centre.

 

The Finnish Ambassador said that a Vietnamese art exhibition will be held in Helsinki in May and more cultural events will take place during this year.