EXHIBITION OF JAPANESE POTTERY IN HO CHI MINH CITY

An opening ceremony of the exhibition “Japanese Pottery: The Rising Generation from Traditional Japanese Kilns” took place at the exhibition hall located at 92 Le Thanh Ton Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on October 14, 2016. Dr. Tran Dinh Lam, Director of the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies, was present at the event.

Participants at the ceremony included Mr. Toshiki Ando, Director of the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam; Mr. Le Quoc Hung, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations; Mr. Nguyen Cong Tanh, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City's Vietnam – Japan Friendship Association alongside numerous reporters and art lovers.

“Japanese Pottery: The Rising Generation from Traditional Japanese Kilns” are organized by the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam in cooperation with the Consulate General of Japan in HCMC. The exhibition introduces the works of 35 artists who have been creative and maintained their traditions in seven major pottery centers in Japan. All of them are promising artists to become leaders of the next generation in Japanese ceramics. The exhibition lasts from 14 to 30 October, 2016.

In his opening remarks, Mr. Toshiki Ando highlighted that the Japan – Vietnam exchange has been established for a long time with the Japan Town in Hoi An as a typical example. These days, thanks to Vietnam’s economic development and the improvement of its status in the world arena, the two countries’ relations have been strengthened in various fields, which are well exemplified with the fact that the number of Japanese enterprises has dramatically increased and that of Vietnamese students in Japan also keeps going up. Given these trends, Mr. Toshiki Ando commented that the Vietnam – Japan relations have become more and more important to both countries.

The Japan Foundation is a public organization which was founded in 1972 with the objective of carrying out international cultural exchange programs and promoting the mutual understanding between Japanese people and others all around the world. The Japan Foundation focuses on three major fields: arts and cultural exchange, Japanese-language education overseas, and Japanese studies and intellectual exchange. It now has 22 overseas offices, and Mr. Toshiki Ando is the fourth director of the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam. The Japan Foundation has collaborated with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University – HCMC to organize different cultural and academic exchange programs, contributing to training high quality human resource for the institution.

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