Almost 30 photos capturing Vietnam’s natural landscape and people are on display at an exhibition, which opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 17.

The event was organised by the Argentina-Vietnam Culture Institute (ICAV) in conjunction with the Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina and authorities of District 13 in Buenos Aires to mark the 40 th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Ambassador Nguyen Van Dao, ICAV President Poldi Sosa and head of District 13 Gustavo Acevedo stressed that cultural activities help further enhance mutual understanding among the two countries’ people, thus promoting the bilateral cooperation.

Apart from photos, traditional clothes and folk paintings of Vietnam are also displayed at the event.

Visitors to the exhibition had a change to enjoy several drawings on Vietnam by artist Maria Teresa Bobbio, who joined the project “Ceramic road” to celebrate 1000 years of Thang Long – Hanoi in 2010.

On the occasion, the films “The wild field” by director Hong Sen and “Don’t burn” by director Dang Nhat Minh were also screened.

Previously, a wide range of similar cultural activities had been organised in the city by ICAV, the Paco Urondo cultural centre at the Faculty of Philosophy in Buenos Aires and the embassy.

In September, the “Vietnam Days in Argentina” was held in Argentina by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Argentine Ministry of Culture.

An “Argentine Culture Week” is scheduled to be held in Vietnam in November with photo exhibitions, film screenings and art performances and talks about Vietnam.-VNA