German transfers 200 reels of valuable films to Vietnam

The Vietnam Film Institute (VFI) received more than 200 original filmand documentary reels from the German-Vietnam Friendship Association inHanoi on November 18.

Residents of Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, welcomes liberation soldiers from North Vietnam in 1975

According to the association’s Chairman Gunter Giesenfeld, thecollection, mostly shot during the 1960s and 1970s, gives insights intoVietnam. It depicted a nation at war, its efforts to rebuild post-warlife, alongside several local anti-war movements back then.

Some of the films have never been screened publicly.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Khanh Hai said thedonation constitutes the cooperation and effective assistance of the twocountries’ profession associations and affirms the solid bilateralrelations.

VFI Director Dao Quoc Hung said it was the first time such large-scalehandover has taken place. Vietnam has already stored a few similar filmreels, however, with poorer quality.

The VFI is keeping almost 90,000 reels at its two studios in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The German-Vietnam Friendship Association was founded in 1976. It hasworked to collect and preserve many films about Vietnam and transferthem to the Vietnamese side.

VNA

German transfers 200 reels of valuable films to Vietnam

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