Hanoi inaugurates the cultural exchange centre about the Old Quarter

On February 2, Hanoi People's Committee inaugurated the Hanoi Old Quarter cultural exchange centre at 50 Dao Duy Tu Street, Hoan Kiem district as a part of activities to celebrate the 85th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

The Hanoi Old Quarter cultural exchange centre was built to introduce the Old Quarter's history and heritage value where scientists, researchers, residents can meet together and traditional crafts are introduced to foreign tourists.

Covering an area of 458 square metres, the three-floor centre will be a venue for exhibitions, workshops, cultural and art activities. Visitors to the place will have an opportunity to know about the conservation of the Old Quarter’s tangible and intangible heritage.

The culture center is the result of the collaboration between the Hanoi government and France’s Toulouse City on the preservation of the Vietnamese capital’s Old Quarter.

The same day, a photo exhibition titled “Hanoi, then and now” opened with 60 photos featuring " Street named specific products", daily life from 1890 to 1940. heritages of the Hanoi Old Quarter
An exhibition on the history of the Old Quarter in Vietnamese, English and French is slated for early May.

The historian Duong Trung Quoc said: "The exhibition displays some photos of Hanoi Old Quarter in the past so that we have the opportunity to view the history of this land and remind young generation to know in the past live to be responsible for the present and the future. "