Foreign film crews coming to Vietnam can be counted on one hand.

This is the comparison that Ms. Ngo Phuong Lan, President of the Vietnam Cinema Promotion and Development Association, made at the seminar Vietnam - New destination of world cinema. The event was organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Nhan Dan Newspaper on September 10 in Hanoi .

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Ms. Lan also believes that although there is much talk about combining tourism with cinema, when making a film, we should not touristize it, and should not try every way to put tourism messages into the work. "A film must first have value to have the power to spread and from there promote the locality and destination. If we touristize the film, both sides will not be effective, the film will not be successful and will not promote tourism," Ms. Lan said.

Mr. Do Quoc Viet, Deputy Director of the Cinema Department (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), said that the department has created a mechanism to develop tourism through the film industry by reforming administrative procedures. Previously, the script required a full script to complete the licensing application, now only a film summary script and a detailed script for filming locations in Vietnam are required. The time to receive documents and process procedures has also been reduced to 20 days, 2/3 of the previous time. The department has also digitalized administrative work, especially for foreign filmmakers in Vietnam.

Also at the event, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that the ministry will soon organize a program to promote Vietnamese tourism and cinema in the US with the participation of many famous directors, film studios, film companies and influential Hollywood actors. During this promotion trip, the ministry set a number of goals: First, this is an opportunity to introduce the image of the country, people, filmmaking context, tourism, cooperation... Second, focusing on connecting businesses, taking businesses as the main subject. Initially, there will be 5 contracts signed during this promotion trip, in which localities commit to sponsor and have a mechanism to support US film crews. Promotions of US cinema in Vietnam are also expected to be carried out.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/doan-phim-nuoc-ngoai-den-vietj-nam-chi-dem-dau-ngon-tay-185240910223757935.htm