September 2014. It was inaugurated by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Vietnamese President. The Department of South East Asian Studies of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities of Vietnam, has a section on Indian Studies. An MoU for cooperation in youth affairs and establishing a youth exchange program was signed the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Vietnam in September 2014. The first Vietnamese youth delegation under the program visited India from 27 March to 5 April 2017, and the Indian youth delegation visited Vietnam on 21–28 July 2017. Since 2017, there has been a regular exchange of visits by youth delegations. A "Festival of India" was held in the cities of Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City on 5–15 March 2014. It featured classical dance recital by the Sangeet Natak Academy, a Buddhist festival by the Central Institute of Himalayan Cultural Studies, a food festival, folk dance by Kalbelia Group, mehendi, and yoga. A 12-member dance troupe from Bollywood dance group Dance Era, sponsored by the ICCR, visited Vietnam on 25–29 June 2014 and performed in Hanoi, Phu Tho and Yen Bai. The first International Day of Yoga was observed in Vietnam on 21 June 2015, and was attended by over 5,000 people including some government officials. It has since been observed annually. An India-Vietnam Friendship painting competition was held by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisation in August 2015. A fashion show by designer Le Sy Hoang on the Áo dài-Saree (Vietnamese and Indian dress) was held on 16 October 2015 at the War Remnant Museum. The University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Ho Chi Minh Union of Friendship Organisation organized a Hindi Day celebration. The first ever Indian film festival in Vietnam was held in the cities of Danang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on 12–23 December 2015. Eight Hindi films were screened with Vietnamese subtitles, and the festival was attended by Vietnamese film industry personalities and 11 Indian film producers and directors. India was one of the partner countries at the 2016 Hanoi International Film Festival. The Directorate of Film Festival, New Delhi provided four Indian films to be screened at the Festival. Several other Indian films were also screened at the festival. A roundtable discussion on Indian cinema was held in Hanoi on 3 November. Among the panelists were