HCM CITY (VNS)— An art exhibition that seeks to convey the strength, diligence and resilience of Vietnamese women opened at the HCM City Youth Cultural House on Sunday.

The exhibition, which marks the National Women's Day (October 20), has 60 works of art including oil and arcrylic paintings as well as quilling (twisted paper) creations.

Titled Net Dep Cuoc Song (Beauty of Life), the show features the works of young artists in the city including Nguyen Van Thanh and Le Hai Trieu. Works by members of the Viet Nam Quilling Fine Art Club are also presented at the show.

The different aspects of female beauty are reflected in paintings like the Woman and Lotus as well as in images of a mother breastfeeding in the doorway and girls sleeping in Vietnamese countryside.

The exhibition will remain open until this Sunday.

The HCM City Youth Cultural House is located at 4 Pham Ngoc Thach Street, District 1. — VNS