Vietnam's international film, TV expo to start next week

The Vietnam International Exhibition on Film and Television Technology (Telefilm) 2015 will take place here from June 4 to 6, Vietnam Television VTV announced Friday.

Telefilm 2015 will be held at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, with the presence of nearly 300 stalls of television stations, movie studios and relevant companies from 15 countries and regions, including Germany, Japan, South Korea, China's Hong Kong and China's Taiwan.

The annual expo, hosted by VTV, is expected to create a key trading floor for feature films and TV serials in the region. Three seminars on construction of digital contents for VTV, content distribution technologies and services and copyright protection will also be held during the expo.

Telefilm made its debut in 2013 in Hanoi. Vietnam currently has 69 television stations with over 300 channels.