This year’s festival will attract kids from 7 ASEAN nations aged 9 to 15, and feature many engaging games and programmes to help them learn about each other’s cultures. This is the first of event of its kind since the establishment of the ASEAN Community. Vietnamese Television will provide a live broadcast of the activities on June 1st.
“ASEAN is a common house of member countries, but, we acknowledge that the mutual understanding between peoples is still limited,” Phạm Việt Tiến, Vice director of Việt Nam Television, said.
“Organising the festival is our initiative, and with support from the Ministry of Culture, we aim to create a cultural space for children who are owners-to-be of each country to understand each other,” he said.
“Vietnamese children will have a chance to know how their friends from ASEAN countries and learn, play and think with them, and vice versa,” he added.
The child delegates will visit the Việt Nam Museum of Ethnology, several beautiful spots in Hà Nội, enjoy a water puppet show at the Central Puppet Theatre and visit the President Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum.
They will also meet President Trần Đại Quang and attend the Children and Communication Forum.
On the occasion of International Children’s Day, the Museum of Ethnology will organise a celebration with the theme of children’s games in ASEAN countries on Sunday. The delegates will attend this event and perform some art pieces as well as display their traditional costumes.
The festival will be highlighted with an art performance which will be broadcast live on June 1 with the theme of “One Vision, One Identity, One Community”.
