2008 National Exhibition of Artistic Ceramics; Vietnam wins prize at international stamp exhibition; Vietnam Culture Festival in Moscow

A national exhibition of artistic ceramics will be held at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum from December 23, 2008 to January 4, 2009.

216 items made by 136 artisans over the past five years will be displayed at the event.

This will be the first exhibition to attract most of well-known genres of ceramics nationwide.

There will be conferences and exchanges relating to Vietnamese ceramics on the sidelines of the exhibition.

Vietnam wins prize at international stamp exhibition

Vietnamese philatelists have won silver and bronze prizes at the 22nd International Stamp Exhibition recently held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Four Vietnamese philatelists joined the exhibition and all have won prizes. Huynh Le Van Khanh from Binh Duong won the silver prize with the collection “Doves – symbol of peace” and three others Nguyen Xuan Ho from Hanoi, Hoang Sy Huynh from Phu Yen and Tran Thi Bien from Kon Tum won bronze medals for their collections.

This year’s exhibition saw 200 collections from 22 countries worldwide.

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Culture Festival in Moscow

A Vietnam Culture Festival was held at School 282 in Moscow on November 22. More than one-third of students at school 282 are Vietnamese.

Present at the festival were the Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia, Bui Dinh Dinh, representatives from the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association, the Russian War Veterans Association, the Association of Experts and Army Consultants who had worked in Vietnam along with students and their parents.

Participants attended an inauguration ceremony of a “Vietnam Cultural and History Museum” located in the school. The museum showcases photos and documents written in Russian, introducing the history and culture of Vietnam as well as the relationship between Russia and Vietnam.

School headmaster, Irina Egorova said that the museum will help Vietnamese students gain a better understanding of their national history and special cultural tradition.

To recognise the great contribution of the school and its teachers, Ambassador Dinh presented certificates of merit to the school headmaster and two deputy headmasters.

Guests at the festival enjoyed many art performances presented by both Vietnamese and Russian students.

(Source: ND, VOV, CPV)