Golden Kite Award 2023 to take place in Nha Trang with animated activities

The award ceremony of the Golden Kite Awards 2023 is going to take place at Do Theater, Vinh Hoa Ward, Nha Trang City on September 9 night. Besides the main event, there are many activities to increase the interaction between the artists and audience and to promote the images of Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa.

Series of animated activities

The Golden Kite Awards 2023 is jointly organized by Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture and Sports, Vietnam Cinema Association and Vega City Joint Stock Company from September 1 to 9. Apart from the award ceremony, other outstanding activities of the event include free screenings of 15 nominated films at Lotte Cinema Nha Trang Tran Phu, Lotte Cinema Nha Trang Thai Nguyen, Beta Cineplex Nha Trang and screenings of some movies, documentaries and cartoons, which won the Golden Kite Awards from 2002 to 2022 at 2-4 Square and other outdoor venues. Through the screenings, the public will vote for the in the most favorite movie category.

Some artists participate in the Golden Kite Award 2022 in Nha Trang City

Vega City Joint Stock Company organizes a culture-cuisine-film festival (from September 2 to September 9) in the area of Do Theater and in central Nha Trang. The products of businesses introduced at the festival aim to improve social interactions of the Golden Kite Award 2023 and contribute to the promotion of the tourism potential of Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa. The company will also hold a flag-raising ceremony at dawn at the newly constructed flag platform at Square 2-4, joined by hundreds of people who are Khanh Hoa’s leaders, armed forces, organizations, occupational associations and artists. 

In addition, there are some other activities on the sidelines of the Golden Kite Awards 2023, including a talk show with film crews; cinema-music live show; environmental protection activities for artists; artistic drone light show, etc.

Rendezvous of 300 artists

The Golden Kite Award 2023 will feature 300 well-known Vietnamese artists in the fields of film, music, television, etc., who have made many contributions to the country's cinema over the past years. Many of them have gained good publicity and have had a large number of fans. The artists will participate in many activities to help introduce and promote the images of the awards as well as the tourism of Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa.

Meritorious Artist Quyen Linh posing with audience at the Golden Kite Award 2022 in Nha Trang. Photo: Vinh Thanh

Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture and Sports and its affiliated units are carrying out their tasks to make sure the Golden Kite Award 2023 will be organized successfully. The department has worked with related provincial functional agencies to ensure security and order, environmental sanitation, traffic order, health, and lighting, etc. 100 volunteer students in Nha Trang will help with the organization works of the night award ceremony of the Golden Kite Awards 2023.

This is also the first year that the Golden Kite Award is jointly organized by three units, which are Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture and Sports, Vietnam Cinema Association and Vega City Joint Stock Company. This cooperation aims to bring tourists and movie lovers a classy and meaningful cultural event.

Giang Dinh
Translated by H.N