(HBO) – An exhibition of photos and documentary films has opened at the Hoa Binh Cultural Palace, featuring the land, people, environmental protection, climate change and ethnic groups in the ASEAN Community in Vietnam, which was organised by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in coordination with the People's Committee of Hoa Binh province.

The opening ceremony was attended by representatives from ASEAN countries, including Op Sophy, Counsellor of the Cambodian Embassy in Vietnam; Bour Lena Keo Mani, Second Secretary at the Lao Embassy in Vietnam; Dhania, Second Secretary of the Indonesian Embassy in Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Hong, MIC Deputy Minister; representatives of the External Relations Department, International Cooperation Department, International Press Cooperation Centre (MIC). Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee also attended the event.



Delegates cut the ribbon to launch the exhibition.


Photo, documentary film exhibition was part of the government’s action programme on communicating and promoting the ASEAN and the benefits brought about by the community.

 The exhibition introduced over 300 photos and nearly 60 documentary films which entered the final round of the International Photo & Documentary Film Festival on the people and nations in the ASEAN Community in 2010 when Vietnam took the role as the ASEAN Chair, the Photo and Documentary Film Festival on Environmental Protection and Climate Change in ASEAN Community 2013, and Photo and Documentary Film Festival on ethnic minorities in ASEAN Community 2015 organised by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

At the opening ceremony, MIC leaders handed over Hoa Binh many photographic materials and meaningful documentary films.

The exhibition is scheduled to last until November 28 at the Hoa Binh Cultural Palace. During the exhibition, delegations from ASEAN embassies, and central agencies will visit some historical sites and landscapes of the province.After the exhibition, all photos and films will be presented to the provincial People's Committee for continuous communications and promotion of the ASEAN Community./.

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