Participants at the event (Photo: The Courtesy of Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela) Mexico City (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy inVenezuela and Santa Maria University on January 19 held a Vietnamese Day eventin Caracas to introduce Vietnamese historical traditions, and cultural values toVenezuela’s young people.
The event was part of activities marking the 35thanniversary of the diplomatic relations between the twocountries (1989 - 2024), as well as realising Vietnam’s Cultural DiplomacyStrategy until 2030. It saw the participation of hundreds of universitystudents in Caracas.
Speaking at the event, Giselle Petrica, Vice Principal of theuniversity, emphasised that it is an opportunity for Venezuelan students tolearn about Vietnam's culture and history, as well astraditional friendship between the two countries' people.
She expressed her hope that the Vietnamese Embassy inVenezuela will continue to coordinate to organise seminars on Vietnam to help the young Venezuelan generation gain more information about Vietnam, especially about its achievements during itsnational construction and development.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Vu Trung My briefed the students about major milestones in Vietnamese history since the nationgained independence in 1945.
He hoped that the young generation of the two countries,especially students, will increase exchange activities, introduce the culture and history of the two peoples to each other.
At the event, students from universities in Caracas also conducted exchange activities and talked about the history, socio-economic development aswell as foreign policy of Vietnam.
They also learned about Vietnamese handicraft products, andfamous places, posed for photos in Vietnamese traditional “ao dai” and conicalhats as well as enjoyed Vietnamese dishes.
Established in 1953, Santa Maria University is one of theleading academic centres in Venezuela with strength in law, internationalrelations, medicine, economics, and architecture training./.
