Vietnam Water Puppetry To Be Performed In Finland

According
to Finland Ambassador in Vietnam, Pekka Hyvonen,
Vietnam and Finland not only
promote mutual relationship in economic field. Since 2000, the two sides have
had cultural exchanges.
    During a
recent visit to Vietnam,
Finnish President emphasized that only cultural relation can help the two sides
understand more about each others. In Finland, puppetry arts is popular,
but water puppetry is not although there were 200,000 lakes. The Vietnamese
tour to Finland
is expected a cultural event in the near future.
    As
scheduled, Vietnam water
puppetry delegation will include fifteen members to perform at Finland’s Esppo
city cultural center from August 29th to September 2nd. In addition, 11
Vietnamese puppetry artists will come here to have a professional exchange from
August 25th to October 10th.
    Before
going to Finland, the
delegation will perform in Hungary
from July 20th to August 15th and Norway until August 26th.
    Puppetry
artists from Finland will
also go for a tour to Vietnam
in November 2009.