Friday, 26/01/2018 22:07 (GMT+7)
The Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam has coordinated with the Ministry of Communications of India to issue a joint stamp featuring ancient architectures of the two nations.
The architectures include India’s Buddhist monument Sanchi Stupa and Vietnam’s Pho Minh Pagoda.
It was one of the activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-India diplomatic ties, 10 years of Strategic Partnership and one year of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The stamp set issued in India
The stamp set issued in Vietnam
Vietnam's Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan
and India Deputy Minister of Communications An Nanda signed to publish the stamp set.
Pho Minh pagoda is situated in the Red River Delta province of Nam Dinh. The 20-metre tower project was built in the Ly Dynasty (1009-1225) and was expanded in 1262. It includes 14 storeys, which were carved into the shape of flowers, waves and clouds.
Sanchi Stupa is the oldest stone structure in India and was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BC. Its nucleus was a simple hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the Buddha.
As scheduled, the Post of India will print 500,000 national postal stamps and 500,000 international postal stamps from the set of stamp templates. The Post of Vietnam will produce 500,000 nationals and 50,000 international ones./.
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