Viet Nam joins ITI – UNESCO

Viet Nam News Agency, Vietnam
June 11 2004

Ha Noi, June 11 (VNA) – Viet Nam, Ukraine and Armenia have been
admitted to the UNESCO’s International Theatre Institute (ITI) at
its 30th World Congress.

The world congress, dubbed ”Myths and Rituals: Challenges for
Contemporary Creation in the Third Millennium”, was held in Tampico,
Mexico from May 29 to June 4 with the attendance of 242 delegates
from 62 member countries.

Trong Khoi, General Secretary of the Viet Nam Theatrical Artists’
Association, who led the Vietnamese delegation to the congress,
said Viet Nam’s pavilion, the most attractive at the congress, was
decorated with billboards of Viet Nam’s famous dramas like ”Rung
truc” [Bamboo Forest], ”Othello” and ”A ca ve o nha hang Maxim”
[A bar girl at Maxim’s Restaurant].

Bilingual books on theatrical arts in Viet Nam, its several traditional
musical instruments, videos and CDs about performing arts in the
country were also introduced at the congress.

The 31st ITI – UNESCO World Congress will be hosted by the
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