HA NOI — The Venezuelan Culture Week has opened at the National Library in Ha Noi to celebrate the country's independence and Ha Noi's millennium.
The six-day exhibition, co-organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Venezuelan Embassy, will feature traditional Latin American dance.
An exhibition of 30 photos by Rafael Salvatore as well as Venezuelan handicrafts is also being held at the National Library.
The Venezuelan Ministry of Culture for Human Development introduces a book entitled La Cita de la Historia on General Vo Nguyen Giap.
A number of diverse activities will be held during the culture week, including a seminar to mark the 200th anniversary of Venezuela's independence and documents on the ‘Bolivariana Revolution'.
There will also have a seminar on traditional dances and performances by folk art troupes from Venezuela's National Dance Company.
The culture week is organised to celebrate 21 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Vietnamese cultural festival opens in Russia
MOSCOW — A Vietnamese cultural festival has opened in the Russian city of Tula to mark the 60th anniversary of Vietnamese-Russian diplomatic relations and the 1,000th anniversary of Ha Noi.
The event is organised by Vietnamese students at the International faculty from Tula State L.N Tolstoy Pedagogical University.
According to the Voice of Russia, the festival presents Viet Nam as a friendly country through music, a fashion show of traditional costumes, an exhibition of cultural artifacts and the lives of Vietnamese ethnic groups, the multimedia show Viet Nam-My Love, a photography exhibition of Viet Nam's countryside and its people and special Vietnamese cuisine.
Valiant artist depicts Heroic Mothers
HCM CITY — Dang Ai Viet has embarked on a mission that is difficult to accomplish, but her portraits of Heroic Mothers have already drawn widespread acclaim.
The 62-year-old artist, who has separated her historic journey into three phases, beginning in February this year, recently stopped in HCM City to draw portraits of 186 Heroic Mothers who live in the city's 23 districts.
She has completed sketches of 44 mothers so far. — VNS