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Exhibition of folk paintings opens in Da Nang

An exhibition of folk Vietnamese paintings opened in the central city of Da Nang on February 1 with a view to honouring cultural and spiritual values of Vietnamese ethnic groups.
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DaNang (VNA) – An exhibition of folk Vietnamese paintings opened inthe central city of Da Nang on February 1 with a view to honouring cultural andspiritual values of Vietnamese ethnic groups. 

Ondisplay are 62 paintings chosen by the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, includingthose from traditional painting villages such as Dong Ho in the northernprovince of Bac Ninh, Hang Trong and Kim Hoang in Hanoi and Vu Di in thenorthern province of Vinh Phuc and Doc Loi in the central province of Nghe An.

Aspace, named “Folk paintings and Tet”, will afford visitors a chance to explorefolk paintings and Dong Ho printing art.

Theevent, co-hosted by the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum and the Vietnam Fine ArtsMuseum, will last till February 25.-VNA
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