(VOVworld) – A Vietnam film festival has opened in Western Australia to commemorate the 40^th anniversary of Vietnam-Australia diplomatic ties. Councilor Lily Chen of the Perth City Council, which is co-hosting the event with the Vietnamese Consulate in Perth, expressed her hope at Tuesday’s ceremony that a relationship between Perth and a Vietnamese city will soon be established. During the festival, Vietnamese films, including “Vietnam in development” and “The Story of Pao”, will be shown at the Northbride Piazza centre. The films impressed the audience with Vietnam – a country of rapid development, beautiful landscape, rich culture, and hospitable people.

"The story of Pao" will be screened at the film festival (Photo: baomoi.com)

This is the first time the Northbride Piazza centre has screened films on the theme of a single country.