(VOVWORLD) - The Friendship Journey 2022, a cultural exchange aiming at helping enhance Vietnam’s relations with international friends, was held in Hanoi’s Quoc Oai district on Sunday.
 Delegates join the cultural exchange program "Friendship Journey 2022". Photo: VNA |
The program, part of annual activities organised by the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations and the municipal Department of Tourism, drew representatives from foreign embassies, international organisations, and friendship associations.
Participants visited Thay Pagoda and experienced folk games and traditional dishes of Vietnam at Tuan Chau Hanoi tourist site.
Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations, told participants: “Visiting Thay Pagoda, you will get more information about the traditional culture of Hanoi people, about the life and great contributions of Zen Master Tu Dao Hanh to Vietnamese Buddhism, to Vietnamese culture, especially the traditional art of Vietnamese water puppetry. International friends will also witness the peaceful life, very close to nature of Vietnamese people.”
On behalf of diplomatic delegations, Venezuelan Ambassador Tatiana Pugh Moreno said Hanoi has become a great and warm home, describing it as a capital with mixed traditional and modern features, a dynamic and strongly developing city, and a land with rich trade, tourism, cultural potential.