Introducing the Vietnamese Culture in Korea

(Cinet)- A campaign of introducing the Vietnamese Culture on the largest scale will be launched in Korea this year. Nearly 300 object sets and units will be exhibited (based on the agreement among Department of Vietnam Cultural Heritage, Historical Museum, Fine Arts Museum and Museum of ethnology) and Korean National Museum in the 2-year period.

On the following day of 10^th March, a delegation of Vietnamese cultural staffs led by Director of Department of Cultural Heritage (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) Dang Van Bai in coordination with Leader of Korean cultural industry will officially open the exhibition on Vietnamese Culture at Korean National Museum (Seoul)

This exhibition, titled “Vietnamese culture and traditional handicrafts”, introduced rightly at the first room of “Asian Arts” bloc will make visitors enjoy a variety of lively culture themselves.

The outline of this exhibition is divided into three parts.

Part 1: Introducing Vietnamese geography, history and human

Part 2: Introducing the first-phase history of Vietnamese handicrafts and the existence of objects from the 3^rd BC century to the 1^st and 2^nd AD centuries.

Part 3: Introducing handicraft objects made of wood and pottery which marks the glorious era of Vietnamese handicraft.

As one of six greatest museums in the world attracting thousands of visitors per day, the Organizing Board of Korean National Museum desires to introduce Vietnamese culture and arts beauty to the world via objects in this exhibition.