VietNamNet Bridge – The first international conference on Asian literary translation took place in HCM City on Wednesday.

Translators from different countries such as Thailand, South Korea and China took part in this event. The conference marked an important milestone in bringing Asian literature into the world.

It was organised by the South Korean Literature Translation Institute and HCM City National University's University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

* American expert to teach filmmaking in Viet Nam

Dov Simens, a top film instructor in the US, will provide his first course for Vietnamese filmmakers on July 26-28 at the Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF).

He is known worldwide for his two-day film school course, which produced famous directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan.

In the last five years, films made by Simens's students outnumber films made by leading film school students from the University of Southern California, University of California and New York University. There have been nine Oscars, 32 Emmys and nearly 1,500 awards presented to his students.

Simens is an author of From Reel to Deal, which has become a classic among independent filmmakers.

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