Opening of the photo exhibition "A glimpse of Laos"

(Baonghean.vn) -Practically welcoming the Vietnam - Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year - 2012; commemorating the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Friendship and Cooperation Treaty (July 18, 1977 - 2012) and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam - Laos diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962 - 2012), today, August 11, 2012, in Hanoi, the Press Photo Club - Cultural House of the Vietnam Journalists Association organized the opening of a photo exhibition with the theme "A glimpse of Laos" by the author Journalist, Photographer Tran Duy Ngoan - Director, Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Radio - Television Station, Chairman of Nghe An Journalists Association.

Ribbon cutting ceremony

Attending the ceremony and cutting the ribbon to open the photo exhibition were comrades: Vandi Butsadi - Third Secretary of the Embassy of the Lao People's Democratic Republic; Nguyen The Ky - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Hong Vinh - Chairman of the Council for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts of Vietnam, Hoang Xuan Luong - Deputy Head of the Ethnic Committee, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association; Nguyen Chi Dung - Deputy Head of the National Assembly Office; journalist Ha Minh Hue - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Photographer Vu Quoc Khanh - Chairman of the Vietnam Photographic Artists Association; Representatives of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Newspapers; Nghe An Journalists Association, Nghe An Radio and Television Station, Nghe An Newspaper, Hanoi Radio and Television Station, Thai Binh and many other agencies and departments with colleagues from many provinces in the country.

Comrade Hoang Xuan Luong presented flowers to congratulate the author.



The Department of Radio and Television Administration presented congratulatory flowers

Comrade Ha Minh Hue delivered the opening speech, highlighting the significance of the exhibition. Through their professional activities, Vietnamese journalists have always been honored to be the first to witness, record and reflect historical events and important milestones in the friendly relations between the two Parties, two States and peoples of the two countries. Not only that, many of our journalists have been present and working right on the friendly land, promptly and vividly reflecting the increasingly developing life of the beautiful and peace-loving country of Laos. Not only reflecting the friendship, but they are also the ones who directly contribute to fostering the friendship, through their journalistic products, helping the people of the two countries to understand each other better and become more attached to each other. Journalist Tran Duy Ngoan is one of them. He is an active journalist and a skilled photographer who loves to explore and discover.

Comrade Ha Minh Hue read the opening speech of the exhibition.

The photo exhibition “A Glimpse of Laos” by journalist Tran Duy Ngoan has added another perspective, another voice affirming the friendship, loyalty and steadfastness between the two nations. This is one of the practical activities of the press, responding to the “Vietnam - Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year - 2012”. The exhibition is sponsored by the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists and organized by the Photography Club, the Cultural House of the Vietnam Journalists Association.

Lao Embassy and Journalists Association congratulate the author

Comrade Ha Minh Hue, on behalf of the leaders of the Vietnam Journalists Association, acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts and devotion of journalist and photographer Tran Duy Ngoan to the people of Laos, and the friendship between the people of the two countries. The exhibition introduces 99 color photos that are presented solemnly and beautifully, according to 4 clear thematic areas, making viewers easily understand as if they were coming to the Land of a Million Elephants.

Images of people, nature, green forests, rivers, cities, temples, pagodas, etc. in Laos are all filtered through his lens. The forests in Phong Sa Li, Luang Nam Tha, Sam Neua, the Wat Xieng Thong and Phu Si pagodas in the ancient capital of Luang Prabang, the Buddha Beach and Thap Luong pagodas in Vientiane, or the stone jars standing alone on the Plain of Jars in Xieng Khouang, to the majestic waterfalls in Kham Muon, Savanakhet, and the faces of the Lao tribes in the Boloven, Salavan, Atopu, and Pak Xe plateaus; images of the Water Festival during the Bunpimay New Year, the mendicant monks, the unique architectural features, and the dreamy landscapes he encountered such as "Chieu Vang Vieng".

Comrades Nguyen The Ky, Hoang Xuan Luong, Ha Minh Hue view the photo exhibition

Delegates view photo exhibition

In particular, his images of activities in the Vietnam-Laos relationship are heavily documentary but expressed from an artistic perspective, making viewers feel the warmth of humanity and neighborly friendship. With 99 photos by Tran Duy Ngoan selected from thousands of photos that he has taken dozens of times on business trips over many years in Laos, he does not miss any opportunity, he takes advantage of the distilled moments of life, people, nature, and the strong brotherly friendship. Making viewers feel like they are walking along the length of Laos.

The exhibition only introduces a small part of the thousands of photos that Tran Duy Ngoan has created in Laos in recent years, but it has partly affirmed the heart of a Vietnamese Journalist - Photographer, Tran Duy Ngoan with the friendly country of Laos. This is an opportunity for Tran Duy Ngoan to introduce to the Vietnamese public a beautiful and heroic "Laos".

Comrade Vu Quoc Khanh awarded the certificate of sponsorship to the author.

Leaning against the Truong Son mountain range, drinking the fresh water of the Mekong River, with many similar cultures, for thousands of years, the relationship between Laos and Vietnam has been a close bond, a loyal bond. The photo exhibition "Laos Country" by Tran Duy Ngoan once again affirms the friendship, close bond, and loyalty between the two countries of Vietnam and Laos.

The exhibition ends on August 16 and will then be displayed in Nghe An in early September and then brought to Laos at the end of the Vietnam-Laos friendship year.

Nghe An delegation participates in the Exhibition

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