(VOVworld)- Nearly 70 paintings featuring family sentiment and peace for world by local children are being showcased at an exhibition opened on Monday in Hanoi on the occasion of the Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.

Natalia Shafinxkaia, Acting Director of Russian Center of Science and Culture in Hanoi and Tran Minh Tuan, Deputy Director of Hanoi Children Palace cut the ribbon to open the exhibition.

The week-long event, themed “Let the sun shine”, was jointly held by the Hanoi Children’s Palace (HCP) and the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Hanoi (RSCS). At the opening ceremony, Tran Minh Tuan, HCP deputy director, said that the event aims to honor loyalty amongst couples and families in Vietnam and Russia as well as other countries in the world. The week also creates opportunities for Vietnamese and Russian families to exchange and promote traditional values of their own nations. Shafinskaya Natalia, RSCS acting director, noted that family day is organised to promote family values. The Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity was launched in 2008 as part of celebrations for the country’s “Year of the Family”.