(VOVworld) – Thirty oil canvas portraits of Vietnam’s international friends in the 20th century are featured in an exhibition that opened on Tuesday in Hanoi.
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| Some of 30 oil canvas portraits on display at the exhibition (Photo: VOV) |
The exhibition is the continuation of a book entitled ‘Vietnam and friends’ hearts’, released in 2006. The portraits depic outstanding international activists, writers, and politicians from around the world who supported Vietnam during its struggle for national independence and re-building. Vu Xuan Hong, Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations, says:
“This is the first time we’ve completed 30 oil paintings portraying Vietnam’s most outstanding friends from five continents, who through their statements and deeds demonstrated their unity with Vietnam. We hope that the exhibition is useful for Vietnamese people, especially the younger generation, in remembering this assistance. For those involved in people-diplomacy, this is an event to help all others know what the world did for Vietnam. That understanding will help guide our nation’s growth today.”
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Among the 30 paintings are portraits of Chinese late-President Mao Zedong, late-President of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Il-sung, Swedish late-President Olof Palme, former Cuban President Fidel Castrol, British social activist Len Adis, and Raymond Aubrac, leader of the French Resistance.