A visitor at the exhibition (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – A historical documentexhibition themed “Destination – Vietnam” kicked off at the Russian StateArchive of Literature and Art (RGALI) in Moscow on May 15 as part of activitiesto celebrate the Vietnam-Russia and Russia-Vietnam year.
It is open to visitors from May 16 to June 14,showcasing archives on cultural relations between Vietnam and the Soviet Unionsince 1950s when Russian director Roman Karmen made a colour documentary titled“Vietnam”.
Vietnamese directors were involved in the makingof the movie, which was filmed in extremely difficult conditions during thewartime, recording the resistance war against French colonialism and the firstyears of peace in the north of Vietnam.
After the movie, bilateral cultural relations in1965-1975 intensified. Many writers and poets from the Soviet Union madefact-finding tours to Vietnam to witness the country’s peace building and productionto support the south which was still submerged in the fire of war.
The culture and art cooperation thrived afterpeace returned in Vietnam and has continued to today with the organisation ofcultural days.
Dang Thanh Tung, Director of the NationalArchives of Vietnam, told reporters from Vietnam News Agency that cooperationbetween Vietnam and Russia in archives has developed strongly in recent years.
The two sides have carried out many projects andtranslated and published rare documents on the two countries’ historicalmilestones, he added.-VNA
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