(VOVworld) – A music show took place at the Vietnamese Culture Center in France on Sunday to wrap up the center’s activities during Vietnam Year 2014 in the country.

Jean-Marie Pognon (left) poses a photo with Vietnamese Ambassador to France, Duong Chi Dung, and his spouse at the celebration on 15 November 2014. (Photo: Bich Ha/Vietnam+)

Vietnamese culture was also highlighted at a gala dinner held by the France-Vietnam Friendship Association in the city of Carrieres Sous-Poissy marking the association’s 15th anniversary.

Members of the France-Vietnam Friendship Association are watching a film on Vietnam’s water puppetry. (Photo: Bich Ha/Vietnam+)

The Vietnamese Ambassador to France, Duong Chi Dung, spoke highly of the work of the association, the Lien Viet Association, and Vovinam Club, all of which were established by Jean-Marie Pognon, a French citizen of Vietnamese origin.

Mr. Dung noted that the associations’ activities to introduce Vietnamese culture and tourism and support poor students and disadvantaged localities in Vietnam have contributed greatly to Vietnam’s development and Vietnamese-French friendship.