The artefacts were made of various materials ranging from ceramics to
stone, wood and metals with China household utensils making up a
majority.
The Director of provincial Revolutionary History Museum, Cao Huy
Hung said scientists and antiques collectors would find valuable
materials for their research and conservation work at the exhibition.
The exhibits would also satisfy curiosities of tourists, both
foreign and local, about foreign trade on East Sea waters, Vietnam’s
multi-lateral culture and the Silk Road on the East Sea of which
Vietnam played an important role.
The exhibition was co-sponsored by the Ho Chi Minh City History Museum and the UNESCO Club.
On the same day, a painting exhibition themed “Quebec Colour” by
Yanina Rock from Canada was opened to greet the Hue Festival, which is
to inaugurate on June 5 to promote tourism and culture of the former
imperial city of Hue.
Hue has been recognised by the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as the world’s cultural
heritage site while its court music received the world body’s title
“Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.