Vietnam-Egypt Cultural Exchange Week opens

At the opening ceremony, the Vietnamese Embassy screened a video, organized photo exhibition, book and document display about the culture, country and people of Vietnam, as well as outstanding socio-economic development achievements in 30 years of renovation.

The item attracting the Egyptian public the most was the water puppet show "Isis Osiris", performed by artists from the Cairo Puppet Theatre.

This was the first water puppetry play in Egypt in particular and the Middle East in general. It is modulated from the legend of the same name. The play is the result of the cooperation between the cultural sectors of the two countries, telling the ancient Egyptian legend with mascots and characters vividly recreated with materials and colours typical of Vietnam’s unique water puppetry art.

During the event, amateur artists, who are staff of the Vietnamese Embassy, overseas Vietnamese people and students in Egypt, will present art performances such as conical hat dance, bamboo dance, fashion performance introducing Vietnam’s traditional costumes and sing songs to praise the homeland.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Do Hoang Long stressed this is the special Cultural Exchange Week when Vietnam’s water puppetry art is performed by Egyptian artists to present the cultural and historical content of Egypt, and it is a very important exchange activity, contributing to further cohesion between the peoples of the two countries.

According to Ambassador Long, during the week, the Vietnamese Embassy will continue to implement economic diplomacy, thereby promoting trade activities between the two countries.

He also expressed his desire to achieve further goals, including promoting twinning and cooperation relationship between Vietnam’s Da Nang city and Egypt's Red Sea province in the coming time. The Ambassador affirmed that Da Nang city and Red Sea province have many similarities, because the two localities both have high potential for tourism development. Therefore, this is a good opportunity for the two localities to exchange and cooperate with each other in the fields of culture, tourism and economy.

The week will close on July 26^th./.