Lookatvietnam – Domestic film studios say they will continue making TV series with scripts about young people and contemporary life.

Bespoke a generation: Bong Dung Muon Khoc (Suddenly Want to Cry) was a popular series among the youth.

The first show concerned changes in Viet Nam’s countryside in the doi moi (renewal) process while the second was a love story about a young couple.

According to Tuan, the Viet Nam Film Company (VFC) run by VTV will co-operate with several state and private film studios to produce a new TV series this year.

“We’ll try to make a TV series with quality to win the audience’s hearts,” Tuan said. However, he did not disclose the names of the new series to be made this year.

HCM City Television (HTV) director Nguyen Van Nam said more viewers had contributed opinions to productions shown on HTV and VTV.

“Producers seldom heard comments several years ago when we ran locally made TV series,” Nam said.

The growing demand for Vietnamese TV series is encouraging film makers and artists.

“HTV’s Astro Channel, which shows local and foreign films 24 hours a day, will start making a TV series this year,” said Trinh Le Thuy, Astro Channel’s marketing manager.

Astro Channel is a project between HTV and Astro Malaysia that was launched last year.

“Our TV series will focus on young people, as they are watching locally made series,” Thuy said.

The Chanh Phuong Film Studio, which produced Vietnam’s well-known action thriller The Rebel in 2007, also has plans for a TV series, according to the studio’s manager, Jimmy Nghiem Pham, an overseas Vietnamese.

“We want to diversify our productions as the Vietnamese film industry is attractive to overseas film makers,” Pham said. “Our TV series will be screened over HTV Channel 3 in co-operation with Tri Viet Media Company.”

The Chanh Phuong Film Studio recently completed the film 14 Days which will be screened at cinemas around the country during this month’s Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

The film is about 14 days an overseas Vietnamese spent when he returned to his native land for the first time.

Pham is one among several overseas Vietnamese filmmakers returning home to make films over the last few years. Their productions have won the hearts of audiences in Viet Nam and abroad with their innovative themes and content.

Many young actors have been cast in the lead roles of recent TV series and their performances have won audience acclaim.

Tang Thanh Ha, who became famous in serials like Doc Tinh (Slope of Romance) and Huong Phu Sa (Scent of Alluvium), screened on HTV some years ago was invited to play the lead role in Suddenly Want To Cry directed by Vu Ngoc Dang.

“Seeing Ha perform so naturally in Scent of Alluvium, I decided to offer her the lead role in my new series, ” Dang said.

Young model Ngoc Diep’s charming performances in the series Hoa Da Quy (Wild Sunflowers) impressed viewers.

She was invited to act in the film Chuyen Tinh Xa Xu (Untitled Love Story) with young models Binh Minh and Huy Khanh.

Untitled Love Story

is produced by 33-year-old Victor Vu, a Vietnamese-American filmmaker in co-operation with Viet Nam’s InFocus Media.

The film, which is scheduled to be screened at cinemas this month, has scenes shot in both Viet Nam and the US.

Diep has been invited to play in two more series to be produced by HTV’s Film Studio (TFS).

Many young artists like Thanh Van and Phi Thanh Van have also been cast in series like Co Gai Xau Xi (a version of the hit US show Ugly Betty).

(Source: Viet Nam News)