President of Malta George Vella receives the Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy and Malta Duong Hai Hung at San Anton Palace. (Photo: VNA) Roma (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy and Malta held activities in Malta’scapital of Valetta from February 21-23 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Malta diplomatic ties.
Receiving theVietnamese Ambassador to Italy and Malta Duong Hai Hung at San Anton Palace,President of Malta George Vella expressed his delight at and support for thecoordination between the Vietnamese embassy and Malta's partners to organiseactivities marking the 50th anniversary of the two countries' diplomatic ties, thereby helping consolidate friendship and political trustand strengthen economic and cultural relations and people-to-peopleexchange between Vietnam and Malta.
Ambassador Hung said that the activities aim to consolidate traditional friendship between the twocountries as well as exploit potential cooperation opportunities in all fields.
On February 21, a “Vietnamese Film Day” was held with the screening of movie “Yellow Flowers on Green Grass”by director Victor Vu at Spazju Kreattviv National Cinema.
The film was Vietnam’sonly representative at the TIFF Kids International Film Festival, partof the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in April, 2016. It bagged the best film award at the second Silk Road International Film Festivaland the Golden Kite at the Vietnam Film Festival in 2015.
Speaking at the event,Ambassador Hung emphasised that in addition to economic and political cooperation, culture, education, tourism, cinema and art exchanges serve a bridge to help enhance mutualunderstanding and consolidate traditional friendship between the two countries' people.
On behalf of Malta'sMinister for the National Heritage, the Arts, and Local Government OwenBonnici, Executive Chairman of the Malta Arts Council Albert Marshall conveyeda congratulatory message to the event, while highlighting the significance of VietnameseFilm Day in Malta.
Meanwhile, on February22, the Vietnamese Embassy coordinated with Malta's economic agencies toorganise the Vietnam-Malta cooperation forum.
Delegates at the forum spoke highly of the potential for cooperation between the two countries inthe context of the dynamic economic development of both sides. They madespecific proposals to boost the two countries’ cooperation, particularly intrade, such as footwear and garments, maritime, marine economy, finance,English training, tourism, health care, and labour export.
During his working trip to Malta, Ambassador Hung visited and worked with the Director of theInternational Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) of the International MaritimeOrganisation (IMO) located ﷺin Malta. He wished the IMLI to continue to supporttraining and capacity enhancement for Vietnam through granting scholarships andcooperating in organising specific professional training courses./.
