Painting exhibition on Vietnam held in France

Visitors at the exhibition (Photo: VNA)

Paris (VNA) – Vietnam’s strongdevelopments as well as its aspiration for sustainable environment have been capturedin paintings displayed in Paris’s outskirts city of Accueil.

The exhibition that opened on October 1 is theinitiative of Aurore - a non-profit organisation based in France, and theVietnamese-origin French people's movement (MCFV), aiming to enhance culturalexchange between the two countries.

Aurore Chairwoman Tran Thu Dung said the four-day eventfeatures nearly 30 works by eight painters of different ages, which carry themessage of environmental protection.

The paintings are in different materials likelacquer, oil, watercolour or acrylic.

Within the framework of the exhibition, there were amartial arts performance and other art performances, helping French friends andoverseas Vietnamese understand more about Vietnam’s culture./.

VNA