The Press meeting on the 13th Europe-Vietnam Documentary Film Festival (photo: VOV)

The event is anticipated to bring together a total of 19 unique documentaries from seven countries - Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, England, Finland, Belgium, and hosts Vietnam.

Each European country will participate through one film whilst Vietnam will participate with 12 films, including several films which have won high prizes at international and Vietnamese film festivals. The films’ topics will focus on issues in social life, such as climate change, women's liberation, protection and peaceful coexistence with nature, and the risks of the digital age.

In Hanoi, the films are to be screened at the Central Scientific and Documentary Film Studio at No 465 Hoang Hoa Tham street.

In Ho Chi Minh City the movies will be screened at DCINE Ben Thanh in No 6 Mac Dinh Chi, District 1. The festival is open to the public free of charge.