The Hanoitimes – It has been 15 years since Hanoi being recognized as the City for Peace by UNESCO and Hanoi deserves this noble title. In celebration of this great event, Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations (HAUFO) cooperated with Hanoi Peace Committee to hold the exhibition 15 years of Hanoi – The City for Peace.
This event is a meeting in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Hanoi Liberation Day, the 15th year since Hanoi being recognized as the City for Peace by UNESCO and the awards ceremony of this contest. The exhibition “15 years of Hanoi – The City for Peace” was one of those event.
This Exhibition features photos taken by the international photo artists who always cherish an ardent love for Hanoi. It presents to domestic and international visitors a Hanoi – the City for Peace, a Capital of a 1000 – year – old civilization and a dynamic city in the course of integration and development. At the opening ceremony, Ambassador of Palestine, one of the authors who have taken a lot of photos of Hanoi, said: “I did not came here as a guest, but I came with my love as the love of a son towards his homeland where he got his baggage of life. It left to me the unforgettable memories and was where I started to deeply feel and admire the historical traditional, magnanimous culture and humanity of the Vietnamese people”. Hanoi has always been the leading city in the course of renovation and development as the friendship connection and cultural rendezvous for friends from all over the world. The quick, comprehensive change and integration of a dynamic city in modern time does not sweep away the peacefulness of a peaceful land as well as its unique cultural characteristics. The title “The City for Peace” which was given to Hanoi by UNESCO in 1999 is a worthy gift with regard to the efforts to build a city with stable politics, well-preserved social security, fast-growing social life, friendly and elegant people.Speaking at the opening ceremony, on behalf of Hanoi‘s authorities, Mr. Ho Quang Loi, Member of the Standing Committee of Hanoi Party Committee, Head of Hanoi Department for Education and Information, highly appreciated the initiation of this meaningful exhibition, specially the authors who had sent their photos to this exhibition. They are truly the special friends of Hanoi Capital. He was also very pleased that this exhibition had attracted not only professional and but also non-professional authors, including foreign diplomats working in Vietnam, historical researchers, painters,etc… from different countries in the world, who always cherish and ardent their love for Hanoi through the photos of simple moments of the daily life of Hanoi City and its people.
It became more special when the photos exhibiting in this exhibition were taken by people who always love Hanoi, such as: Ambassadors, painters, photographers,etc…
While reading these comments of Mr. Le Hong Son, Member of the Standing Committee of Hanoi Party Committee , Vice President of hanoi People’s Committee as well as the comments of Mr. Ho Quang Loi, we, the Organizers, felt very happy and proud of our meaningful and practical efforts. Besides, viewers thought that “This exhibition with exciting perspectives of Hanoi and the authors, is very ideal and unique. It is unforgettable”.
Due to this reason, a lot of people had visited this exhibition and decided to return to witness Hanoi through the photos taken by international friends”. They said: “This exhibition is very significant. By visiting this exhibition, I feel like I can comprehensively look at Hanoi in the course of integration and development. I believe that in the future, Hanoi will be more developed and will become an amazing destination for international friends”.
Some young people from Hanoi said: “Thank you for the foreign friends’ love for our beloved Hanoi. Each of your photos show a peaceful and friendship Hanoi. We hope that Hanoi will be able to keep its beautiful image in the eyes of international friends. Thanks to the Organizers and we are looking forwards to upcoming exhibition to see how the beloved Hanoi might develop”. What they said actually inspired us who are working in the field of people-to-people diplomacy work, to keep making the effort to exert ourselves and promote our roles in future friendship and peaceful activities.15 years is not a very long period in comparision with the historical development of Hanoi Cit. However, what Hanoi has been doing shows us that this city will always deserve the noble title “The City for Peace”
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