The Danish Embassy is calling for applications for its Cultural Development and Exchange Fund’s support projects for artists with contemporary, innovative, and creative ideas.

According to the organizer, the fund provides support for contemporary artists and cultural performances in Vietnam, as well as cultural exchange activities between Denmark and Vietnam.

Projects are required to present Danish culture in Vietnam for the purpose of enhancing and inspiring Vietnamese art and culture through the development of partnerships between Danish and local artists, and to stimulate mutual inspiration and exchange of experiences between artists from both countries.

It also has to present Vietnamese culture to the Danish public for inspiration, enrichment and understanding, and enhance dialogue and tolerance through performances by Vietnamese artists in Denmark alone or with Danish participation.

The fund will also support events and festivals in Vietnam with an art development perspective by Vietnamese artists alone or with Danish participation.

More information on how to apply can be found at http://vietnam.um.dk/vi/van-hoa/vh/cdef/. Interested candidates must submit their applications for the 2015 fund by March 10.

Since 2011, the Embassy has supported nearly 100 projects in different fields.

Among them were filmmaker Hoang Diep who recently won several international awards for her movie “Flapping in the Middle of, Nowhere” and photographer Maika Elan, who won the first prize in Contemporary Issue from World Press Photo back in 2013 for her photo series “The Pink Choice” on homosexual people.