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defence exhibition opens

Hanoi (VNA) – An exhibition on the country’s defence of its borders and territories has opened at the Museum of Vietnam Revolution in Hanoi .

The exhibition is divided into three sections featuring Vietnamese borders before
1945; work on borders and territories from 1945 until today; and establishment of
Vietnamese borders in peace, friendship, integration and development.
More than 300 items, documents and pictures displayed at the museum reflect the
Party and the State’s attention to, and the people’s participation in
defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation.

The two-month exhibition also showcases the efforts of border working missions and
the results of border demarcation and the planting of landmarks between Vietnam
and neighbouring countries of Laos, Cambodia and China.

Pictures of Vietnam ’s activities to defend its sovereignty on the East Sea
are also on display.

Visitors have a chance to contemplate valuable items such as Dai Nam Nhat Thong Toan
Do (The Map of United Vietnam) drawn in 1834, under King Minh Mang and the other
maps of the Nguyen dynasty confirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa
(Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

The exhibition was jointly organised by the museum, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and the National Committee of Borders.-Enditem

TTA1310.007 Student horror film in Hollywood festival
HCM City (VNA) – “The 4 th” , a film produced by students in Ho Chi Minh City,
has been chosen for screening at the 7 th International Student Film Festival in
North Hollywood in November.

The 20-minute film, made by students from the Raffles International College Vietnam,
tells a horror story that takes place on the fourth floor of a college building,
involving the murder of a janitor.
Directed by Nguyen Do Khoa, the film is one of the 64 nominees chosen from over
250 submissions for the festival that will take place on November 7 and 8.

Other members of the filmmaking crew are: Le Thi Nhu Anh, editor; Nguyen Uy Vu,
music composer; Nguyen Hoang Duy, visual effects; and Truong Thang Khoa, media
artwork.

All the students belong to the Interactive Media Design Faculty in the
Singapore-invested university.
The two-day film festival will screen and give more than 10 awards including Best
Feature, Best Animation and Best Director for films made by students from
elementary school to college graduates.

All the films chosen are from nine countries: Vietnam , Turkey , Sri Lanka ,
Sweden , Romania , Israel , Canada , Australia and the US .

The International Student Film Festival Hollywood, founded by entertainment industry
veteran Robin Saban in 2003, offers student filmmakers from all over the world the
opportunity to gain recognition from film industry leaders, creating career
development opportunities in their home countries as well as in the US , the
festival website says.-Enditem


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