A set of stamps featuring Vietnam’s symbolic architectural heritage and landscapes was unveiled in Paris, France, on February 5.
Thestamps highlight Hanoi’s Opera House, the Truong Tien Bridge spanningthe Huong River in the central city of Hue, and the Nha Rong wharf in HoChi Minh City.
Among the 14,040 stamps issued, 1,000 will beapplied to letters inviting the Vietnamese community and Frenchrepresentatives to attend an event in honour of the Lunar New Year to beheld by the Vietnamese Embassy on February 19, the first day of thelunar year.
The stamp set’s release was organised throughcooperation between France’s national postal service La Poste, theVietnam Post Corporation, and the Vietnamese Embassy.
VietnameseAmbassador Nguyen Ngoc Son said the stamps demonstrate a shared historybetween the two nations through images of French-style architecturalstructures, adding that they help strengthen cultural exchange andmutual understanding.
Beatrice Roux, Chief Executive Officer ofLa Poste’s International Mail, said the set contributes to French andVietnamese cooperation and bilateral relations.
Earlier, La Postecollaborated with Vietnamese partners to publish a stamp on Ha Long Bayin 2008 and another on physician Alexandre Yersin in 2013.-VNA
Thestamps highlight Hanoi’s Opera House, the Truong Tien Bridge spanningthe Huong River in the central city of Hue, and the Nha Rong wharf in HoChi Minh City.
Among the 14,040 stamps issued, 1,000 will beapplied to letters inviting the Vietnamese community and Frenchrepresentatives to attend an event in honour of the Lunar New Year to beheld by the Vietnamese Embassy on February 19, the first day of thelunar year.
The stamp set’s release was organised throughcooperation between France’s national postal service La Poste, theVietnam Post Corporation, and the Vietnamese Embassy.
VietnameseAmbassador Nguyen Ngoc Son said the stamps demonstrate a shared historybetween the two nations through images of French-style architecturalstructures, adding that they help strengthen cultural exchange andmutual understanding.
Beatrice Roux, Chief Executive Officer ofLa Poste’s International Mail, said the set contributes to French andVietnamese cooperation and bilateral relations.
Earlier, La Postecollaborated with Vietnamese partners to publish a stamp on Ha Long Bayin 2008 and another on physician Alexandre Yersin in 2013.-VNA
