Cairo, Nov. 12 -- The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt on November 11 celebrated the first Vietnam Culture Day (November 24) in response to the Politburo's Resolution 80 on Vietnamese culture development.

The centerpiece was bamboo dragonflies, a Vietnamese folk toy and traditional craft, shown and then made by guests.

Vu Hong Nga, spouse of Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong, walked guests through the production process via a video interview with a Vietnamese artisan on bamboo dragonfly techniques.

For hands-on practice, the embassy shipped in handcrafted bamboo-dragonfly kits and colouring pens. Guided by Nga, guests coloured and decorated heads, wings and tails before assembly. Some struggled with assembly and balance, but the activi...