January 08, 2018 | 21:10 (GMT+7)
Vietnam, China boost cultural cooperation
Vietnam’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien and China’s Minister of Culture Luo Shugang agreed to continue realizing the common perception of the two countries’ leaders on enhancing bilateral cooperation in culture during their talks in Beijing on January 7.
Looking back at the implementation of the cultural cooperation agreement
in the 2016-2018 period, the two ministers highlighted significant
outcomes, including the exchange of visits by high-ranking officials of
the two ministries.
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Vietnam’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien (R) and China’s Minister of Culture Luo Shugang. Photo: Vietnam+
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On the occasion of General Secretary of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) and President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam in 2017, the two
sides launched a center of Chinese culture in Hanoi.
Vietnam and China also coordinated to organize successfully photo
exhibitions titled “Vietnam in the eyes of Chinese photographers” and
“China in the eyes of Vietnamese photographers”.
The two ministries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in cultural industry.
The ministers agreed to establish mechanism for annual meetings
between officials of the two ministries, and decided on orientation for
cultural cooperation in 2019-2021, focusing on the preservation of
intangible cultural heritage, art training, and development of the
cultural industry.
Minister Nguyen Ngoc Thien is making an official visit to China
from January 7-9 at the invitation of China’s Minister of Culture Luo
Shugang. He is scheduled to hold working sessions with leaders from the
China National Tourism Administration, State General Administration of
Sports, and attend the opening ceremony of an exhibition of traditional
Lunar New Year paintings of Vietnam and China in Beijing.
Source: VNA