Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thach promotes cultural diplomacy
between Viet Nam and Ukraine
In 2022, Viet Nam and Ukraine celebrate 30 years of bilateral diplomatic relations (January 23, 1992 - January 23, 2022). To mark this milestone, the Embassy of Viet Nam in Ukraine is carrying out a series of activities specially with a focus on cultural diplomacy.
Right from the beginning of the year, Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thach paid a working visit to the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and had online meetings with the Chairman of the Association of Ukrainian Writers, the Rector of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Ukraine, the Director of the NGO Ukrainian Initiative, as well as several Ukrainian sculptors and architects.
Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thach met Chairman of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Konstantin Cherniavskyy.
Photo by Emb.
Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thach and Chairman of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Konstantin Cherniavskyy agreed to organize an exhibition of paintings by Ukrainian artists about Vietnam on February 10. Mr. Cherniavskyy shared that this was the first time a foreign embassy in Kyiv coordinated with the Union to hold a cultural event on the occasion of anniversary of diplomatic relations. The exhibition would include about 100 art works created by Ukrainian artists following a creation campaign launched by the Embassy and the Union since October 2021. The exhibition would be the first cultural activity of the Embassy on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Viet Nam – Ukraine diplomatic relations. After Kyiv, the exhibition would be displayed in three other cities of Kharkiv, Odessa and Lviv.
Chairman of the Association of Ukrainian Writers Mykhailo Sydorzhevsky agreed to cooperate with the Embassy in order to translate "Truyen Kieu" of the National Poet Nguyen Du into Ukrainian language to reach the wider audience of Ukrainian literature lovers.
Ambassador talked with Rector of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Ukraine. Photo by Emb.
Rector of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Ukraine Oleksandr Thugorka agreed to launch a contest to design a statue of President Ho Chi Minh. The winning design was expected to be placed at the Ho Chi Minh Flower Garden – a project being launched by the Embassy and the city of Kyiv.
Director of the Ukrainian Initiative Yurii Kosenko agreed to coordinate with the Embassy in organizing activities to celebrate the 200th birthday of the Poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu (1822 - 2022), including re-publishing the poetry "Luc Van Tien" in Ukrainian language and attaching the name plate of Poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu on the wall of the two universities in Khmelnisky and SeveroDonetsk.
Ambassador talked with partners about translating Vietnamese literary works into Ukrainian. Photo by Emb.
Cultural diplomacy activities organized by the Embassy is promising to contribute to further promoting cultural exchanges, mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity and cooperation between the two peoples of Viet Nam and Ukraine./.