Hanoi (VNA) – An exhibition featuring Cambodia’s culturewas opened at the Vietnam Culture-Art Exhibition Centre in Hanoi on November 8.
The event forms part of the activities of the Cambodiancultural week jointly hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism(MCST), and the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Art (MCFA) to mark thetwo countries’ five-decade-old relations.
The ribbon cutting ceremony was attended by MCST DeputyMinister Vuong Duy Bien, MCFA Minister Khim Sarith, and Cambodian Ambassador toVietnam Prak Nguon Hong.
The event introduces to visitors the beauty of Cambodianpeople and the country’s renowned sites, including Angkor Wat temple, Preah Viheartemple, Sambo Prei Kok archaeological site, Khmer dances, as well as severaltraditional music tools.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Deputy Director of theMCST’s International Cooperation Department Nguyen Phuong Hoa said the culturalexchanges between Vietnam and Cambodia, such as the cultural week, lay thefoundation for the development of the two nations’ relations and friendship.
Hap Touch, Director General of the MCFA’s Cultural TechniqueDepartment expressed his hope that the exhibition helps enhance mutualunderstanding and friendship between the two countries in general, and promotethe two ministries’ cooperation in the 2018-2023 period, in particular.
During the cultural week, 32 artists from the CambodianNational Art Troupe performed in Hanoi on November 8 and will stage aperformance in the northern province of Quang Ninh on November 10.-VNA