On August 23, the opening ceremony of the Friendship House and the Ethnic Cultural Festival themed “Friendship without borders” took place at the Alabino training grounds.

In this year’s festival, the Vietnamese art troupe will introduce various traditional cultural specialties, such as lotus seed jam, lotus tea and tea scented with aroma from lotus flowers, Teu – one of the most notable characters in Vietnam’s water puppetry, lotus flowers, and more.

The art troupe also entertains and attracts more visitors to the Vietnamese pavilion when it has offered them an experience to print Dong Ho paintings by themselves. Using woodblock printing, Dong Ho painting is a unique art genre of the S-shaped country.

Below are photos of the opening of the Friendship House.

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Vietnamese artists invite visitors to drink lotus tea and taste lotus seed jam
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Various foreign visitors are waiting for their turns to print Dong Ho folk pictures
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Vietnamese officers introduce visitors to printing techniques of Dong Ho painting
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Visitors are eager to experience printing typical pictures of Vietnam
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A visitor with Dong Ho pictures printed by herself
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Other specialties of Vietnam are also attractive to foreign friends
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The Vietnamese art troupe and tank team in a joint photo in the Friendship House

Reporters from the People’s Army Newspaper

Translated by Mai Huong