A string of activities have been held by overseas Vietnamese around the world to welcome the lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggest festival of the year, which falls on February 16-18 this year.
In a world reeling with political fractures, environmental disasters, spiritual confusion, and economic and familial breakdown, art holds its unique place, Suzanne Lecht, owner of Art Vietnam Gallery,
Unlike the common images of a bustling daytime Hanoi, more peaceful nighttime images of the capital city by French photographer Sebastien Laval have been on display.
Thirty pictures exposing the essence of the night in Hanoi and Hue through the lens of Sebastien Laval will be on display at Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi from April 14 – 24.
More than 100 photos featuring the life and culture of 54 ethnic groups
of Vietnam are on display at the Luxembourg gardens of the French
Senate in an exhibition themed “ Vietnam - Unity in diversity – 54
faces and costumes of Vietnam’s ethnic groups.”
The France Year in Vietnam was declared a success at a ceremony
in Ho Chi Minh on December 13, with thousands of locals gathering to
enjoy an impressing performance of music and light.
A series of activities will be held during a special French Week in Da
Lat city, which was built by the French colonists in the late 19th
century, in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, from December
9-12.
A photo exhibition by French photographer Sebastien Laval, entitled
Communities Through Time, has opened at L'Espace, the French cultural
centre in Hanoi.
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