ASEAN CULTURE WEEK 2004: “ASEAN ARTS – TRADITION AND MODERNITY”

ASEAN Culture Week is one of ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information’s flagship projects. The ASEAN Culture Week this year would be held in Ha Noi and Ha Long in Viet Nam from 6 to 13 August 2004 with the theme, “ASEAN Arts – Tradition and Modernity”. The ASEAN Culture Week 2004 comes after the maiden event set on the grounds of the Angkor Wat complex in Siem Reap, Cambodia in October 2002.

This event is a major arts and cultural immersion festivities presenting dance performances by professional dance troupes from ASEAN member countries. Other activities will include a creative camp for on-the-spot painting by visual artists from the region, an exhibition of art works that includes national costumes and crafts. Moreover, a wide array of popular food showcasing ASEAN cuisine will add variety to the event. More than 150 artists from ASEAN member countries will be participating in the event.

The ASEAN Culture Week is part of ASEAN’s commitment and efforts to promote the region’s immensely diverse arts and culture traditions for greater awareness, understanding and appreciation of ASEAN among its peoples. It will also contribute to fostering a sense of regional identity and mutual friendship as well as improving ASEAN image within and outside ASEAN.

For more information, please contact:

MS. TRAN HAI VAN

Officer, International

Cooperation Department

Ministry of Culture and Information

51-53 Ngo Quyen, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Tel: (844) 943 9975

Fax: (844) 943 7101

E-mail: asean-coci@cinet.netnam.vn