Vietnam’s land and people introduced to Mexicans through exhibition

Terraced rice fields in Hoang Su Phi district, Ha Giang province. Photo: VNA

(Cinet)- A photo exhibition featuring image of Vietnam’s land and people through the years opened in The Workers’ University of Mexico (UOM), on February 17.

Attending at the opening ceremony were Vietnamese ambassador to Mexico Le Thanh Tung, Cuban ambassador to Mexico Dagoberto Rodriguez, UOM Publication Director Jose Guillermo Favela and UOM General Secretary Emiliano Silva Prudkovsky.

The ceremony kicked off with the screening of a documentary entitled “Vietnam la nhu the“.

Speaking at the opening ceremony,UOM Publication Director Guillermo Favela and General Secretary Silva Prudkovsky shared their view that the event will provide an excellent opportunity for the young generation of Mexicans to understand Vietnam and its major role in contemporary history.

They affirmed that the documentary portrays Vietnam during this most difficult period of its history as a determined and self-confident nation with an unyielding spirit struggling for national independence and freedom.

Ambassador Le Thanh Tung thanked the film’s delegation and UOM for bringing the real images of Vietnam’s land and people to the public.

He said that Vietnam understands the real value of peace more than anyone, and always wants to contribute to a peaceful environment in the region and the world.

The diplomat thanked the Mexican and Latin American governments and people for their assistance during Vietnam’s struggle for national unification as well as its current construction process.

“Vietnam la nhu the” has won many international awards, including Vietnam’s Gold Lotus in 1980, the Palm award at Cuba’s Havana Film Festival in 1981, the Silver Goddess in 1981 and host of other Mexican awards.

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