The 18th Vietnam Film Festival was held from October 14 to October 16, 2013 in Hạ Long City, Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam, with the slogan "Vietnamese Cinema - Ethnicity, Humanity, Creativity, Integration" (Vietnamese: "Điện ảnh Việt Nam - Dân tộc, Nhân văn, Sáng tạo, Hội nhập").
Other members are: writer Chu Lai, screenwriter Đinh Thiên Phúc, director Hồ Quang Minh, cinematographer Phạm Thanh Hà, painter Nguyễn Trung Phan, composer Đỗ Hồng Quân, actress Nguyễn Lan Hương, director Hoàng Anh.
Other members are: writer Trần Ninh Hồ, director Đào Minh Uyển, musician Doãn Nguyên, journalist Chu Thu Hằng.
[7] To prepare for the 18th Vietnam Film Festival, the Organizing Committee organized "Welcome Film Week of the XVIII Vietnam Film Festival" taking place from September 23, 2013 to September 29, 2013 in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City (Hanoi: at the National Cinema Center, 87 Láng Hạ; Đà Nẵng: at Lê Độ Theater, 46 Trần Phú; Hồ Chí Minh City: at Galaxy Cinema Kinh Dương Vương, 718bis Kinh Dương Vương, District 6).
This is also the time when the "unknowns" are released and answered before the audience before the 18th Vietnam Film Festival takes place.