The National School of Languages, Linguistics and Translation under the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico held a Day of Vietnamese Language and Cuisine and screened films to introduce Vietnamese culture to lecturers and students on October 5.
A student is making
Vietnamese spring rolls at the event.
At a Vietnamese-language class, First Secretary of the
Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico Lam Quoc Thanh presented an overview of the
origin, formation and development of the Vietnamese language.
Nearly 50 students learned Vietnam’s alphabet characters,
pronunciation and basic greetings. They expressed wish that more Vietnamese
classes will be opened.
Head of the Russian, Asian and contemporary Greek language
faculty Ricardo Cornejo said the school will consider adding Vietnamese
language into its curricula in the near future to meet students’ demand.
International and Mexican students were also introduced to
Vietnam’s rice paper – a specialty of the wet rice civilization. They learnt
how to make fresh spring rolls using rice papers.
On the occasion, they gained an insight into the unique culture of
H’Mong people, one of the 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups via the film "Story of
Pao” by director Ngo Quang Hai.
Source: NDO
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