Culture ministry, VNA sign cooperation deal for 2009-2010

      The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) signed a cooperation deal for 2009-2010 in Hanoi on July 15, under which the former will provide information to make the public.
Addressing the signing ceremony, Minister Hoang Tuan Anh acknowledged VNA’s efforts to publicise legal documents and information relating to culture, sports and tourism activities.
He also said he hoped that the two agencies will continue to step up cooperation in the future.
VNA General Director Tran Mai Huong pledged that the VNA, as a national news agency with five daily newspapers (two in Vietnamese, two in foreign languages and one online), dozens of publications and a TV channel, will continue to improve the quality of information
Throughout 2009, the ministry and the VNA have worked together to publicise information and call for people to nominate Ha Long Bay to become one of the world’s seven natural wonders in VNA’s publications.
They will continue to work together to provide information relating to activities during Vietnam’s “Cultural Diplomacy Year 2009”, including the launching of a Vietnamese cultural centre in France, Vietnamese cultural days in the UK, France, the Netherlands and Germany, and the Mekong-Japan tourism-cultural festival in Can Tho city.
Key events such as the third Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam, the 25th SEA Games in Laos, and the third national festival on traditional “then” singing and “tinh” instruments will also be high on both partners’ agendas.
Based on their agreement, the MCST and VNA will link up to distribute information about the celebrations of the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Thang Long-Hanoi in 2010, with a number of events. They include an international film festival, an international circus and a puppet festival.