A music performance by Paola Turci, a renowned Italian singer, on May 26 raised the curtain on the second Vietnamese Culture Festival in the Italian capital.

“Following the success of the first festival in 2006, we organise the 2007 event in the hope of garnering more support to projects that the Italy-based Organisation for Unity and Cooperation for the Development of the People (UCODEP) is implementing to help the poor in Viet Nam,” said organiser Corrado Ruggeri, prominent Italian journalist.

To thunderous applause, singer Paola, who once made a performance and charity tour to Viet Nam, called on the thousands of participants to join hands in raising funds for poverty reduction initiatives in Viet Nam.

Source: VNA