Free documentaries to be screened in Vietnam

Six free documentary films produced in the 1960s will be aired at a two-day Vietnam Documentary Film Festival in Hanoi, starting today to mark the country’s Communist Party’s anniversary, falling on February 3.

At the fest, the audience will have a chance to see six films namely “Images of late President Ho Chi Minh’s life”, “The South in My Heart”, “Ho Chi Minh – His Image”, “General Vo Nguyen Giap – one Century, one Human Life”, “Communist Soldiers”, and “From Ba waterfall to Son La hydroelectric plant”.

Also in the program, the filmmakers will have a Q&A session with the audience.

In other news, Ho Chi Minh City-based Idecaf will screen the film “Luon o ben con” (Always by your side), which won the Best Documentary award at the Vietnam International film festival in Hanoi last October.

Tickets costing VND15,000 (US$0.75) each are available at 28 Le Thanh Ton Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

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HCMC to host book road fest during Tet

Ho Chi Minh City will organize the first-ever Book Road Festival to celebrate the New Year of the Cat from January 31 to February 3, according to the city’s Department of Information and Communications.

Visitors could view a wide range of books on display along the Mac Thi Buoi Street, near the Nguyen Hue flower road in district 1.

Exhibitions featuring new and bestselling books, calligraphy demonstration, and Q&A session with the authors will be organized.

The organizers including local publishing houses, book distribution companies and private bookstores will also showcase a special display area dedicated to children books.

Festival-goers will have a chance to witness antique, valuable and rare books like “Technique du peuple Annamite, “Hoang Trieu Ngoc Diep”, “Hoang Tu Pho”, “Hoang nu pho”, “Hoang Trieu Ton Pho tien bien”, and “Gia Dinh bao”.

The fest is expected to encourage a reading culture and promote the city’s tourism to local and international visitors.

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