Italy boosts cultural cooperation with Vietnam
(VOV) - Italy wants to increase cultural cooperation with Vietnam in the time to come, Cultural Minister Lozenro Ornaghi told his Vietnamese counterpart Hoang Tuan Anh in Rome on January 17.
During talks, both sides agreed to boost cooperation in organizing film festivals, cultural weeks, and other art performances.
They also agreed to increase delegation visits to share experience, notably in archeology and heritage preservation.
The two countries are celebrating the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year, and Italy will do its utmost to make the Vietnam Year in Italy a success, said Minister Ornaghi.
He is committed to supporting the Vietnam Cultural Days in Italy, which is taking place in Rome from January 16-23, and the Vietnam Week in Venice due to be held in June 2013.
Minister Anh said he hopes the two countries will strengthen cooperative relations in all areas, including culture, to promote mutual understanding.
He invited Ornaghi and other Italian friends to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Italy House in Vietnam in Hanoi.
The house introduces Italy’s distinctive cultural identities, and helps bridge the two countries’ art circles, said Anh.
Both host and guest reviewed bilateral cooperation in archeology and cultural heritage preservation, as well as human resource training, and agreed to increase cooperation in this field.
Italy has undertaken a heritage restoration project at My Son Sanctuary, a UNESCO-recognised heritage site, in the central province of Quang Nam.
The same day, an exhibition on Vietnamese publications and another exhibition on the Vietnamese Cultural Space were held in Rome as part of the Vietnam Cultural Days in Italy.