The event was organised by the Department of ASEAN Affairs under the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in coordination with the People's Committee of Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District, with the participation of artists from the Vietnam Art and Cultural Diplomacy Commission and the National Flower Painting Group, on the occasion of the 1010th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi and especially the Vietnam’s 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vu Ho, Head of Department of ASEAN Affairs under the MOFA, said that ASEAN is moving towards a cohesive community, which includes connectivity between nations. This connection is expressing deeply and meaningfully through the exhibition, with every nation having its own symbolic flower.
The exhibition offered an opportunity for all to exchange and understand more about the cultures of each country in the bloc, while the flowers also bring hope and confidence in an increasingly strong and cohesive ASEAN in the future, Ho affirmed.
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The artists present their ASEAN national flower paintings to the public.
At the exhibition, the audience can enjoy the ASEAN national flower paintings made by Vietnamese artists, featuring the national flowers of all ASEAN member states.
Each national flower picture of each country has been carefully researched by the artists, as they have been learning about the unique cultures and characteristics of each nation in the region, from which they reflected such cultural features by their richest, most uplifting and emotional colours by themselves.
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The exhibition attracted large number of visitors on the opening day.
The introduction of the national flowers of ASEAN member countries aims to bring a new understanding and perception of the typical flowers of Southeast Asian countries to the public of the capital city in particular and to Vietnamese people in general.
The exhibition will run until October 12.
