The exhibition “Hanoi – Now and Then” was under the “Versailles – a meeting with Vietnam” programme, jointly held by the Centre for Vietnamese Culture in France in coordination with relevant French agencies, from April 26-30.

The lively life in Hanoi in the old times as well as the capital city’s recent changes and developments during international integration are reflected vividly in black and white and colour photos taken by French and Vietnamese people.

There are also pictures of Vietnam’s sites of interest like Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha Ke Bang cave, Hue imperial city, Hoi An ancient town, and the unique and colourful costumes of ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s central region.

After the exhibition in Versailles, the photos will be shown in several other cities in France to promote tourism in Vietnam, according to Le Hong Chuong, Director of the Centre for Vietnamese Culture in France.

Within the framework of the “Versailles – a meeting with Vietnam” programme, documentary films about UNESCO-recognised relics and landscapes in Vietnam were screened, and there was an art performance and Vietnamese cuisine on April 30.