It highlights the “service economy” and the role of women in the business world
"Unexpected" facts revealed by the Vietnam pavilion at the "Expo"
Walls covered with pictures, utensils, hunting tools, sculptures and ancient musical instruments.
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Talking and moving panels tell the history of Vietnam.
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Collectibles plastered walls and ceilings.
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Drum (drum) bronze.
The Vietnam Pavilion from the outside.. The restaurant's garden looks out onto the Sun Square.
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Vietnam's pavilion, rich in antiques and speaking boards, reveals a set of "unexpected facts", the most important of which is the role of women in the world of business and investment, and Vietnam's progress, which qualifies it to occupy a prominent position on the global "service economy" map.
The pavilion sheds light on important information that he wanted to reveal to the visitor before he dived into its bright parts with a cheerful momentum of designs and colors, including that women own and manage more than 50% of business enterprises, in an indicator that places Vietnam, located in Southeast Asia, at the forefront of countries that respect The potential of women and provides them with real opportunities for advancement and leadership.
The participation of women and men in the struggle against colonialism boosted progress in the field of women's rights, by increasing their representation in government, trade union and professional institutions and the establishment of the Women's Union in 1930.
Its role became more firmly established during the twentieth century, to record its strong presence in political and social institutions, which led to its possession of a percentage of jobs in various sectors.
One of the lesser-known facts about Vietnam is that the service economy constitutes about 43% of the size of its economy, at a time when this type of economy represents about 65% of the size of the global economy.
Vietnam is also proud of its astronaut, Lutean Jean Pham Tuan, who says the "Unexpected Information" corner, according to the classification it provides in its pavilion, is the first Asian, and non-Soviet, assigned to a space mission within the team of the Soviet space program "Intercosmos", in 1980. .
It tells of a large picture placed next to a picture of Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh, who led the liberation movement and declared his country's independence in 1945.
The design of the pavilion, located in the Opportunity District, brings the visitor to the heart of the streets of the ancient cities of Vietnam, where the mixture of ancient and modern in a geographical and urban fabric that marries natural lakes, highways and skyscrapers in the capital, Hanoi.
It also takes him to the fishing village, the Saigon River, and the rebel tunnels in Ho Chi Minh City, the most important and largest city in Vietnam.
A visitor to the Vietnam Pavilion is captivated by the diversity and number of collectibles that tell of its history.
He is also delighted with the way it is displayed in curves and amid walls covered with pictures, utensils, hunting tools, sculptures and ancient musical instruments, under ceilings decorated with bamboo and raffia lights.
And technical modernity appears in the way information is displayed through screens extended on the walls, pronouncing its writings, colors and luminous movement, to tell the visitor about the stages of development and emergence of Vietnam.
Enjoyable trip
The ground floor of the Vietnam Pavilion leads to a path lined with green trees and colorful lamps, leading the visitor to the upper floors of the pavilion, where another journey of visual fullness begins with a visit to a large lobby displaying handicrafts of ornaments, bags and pots.
The lobby opens onto an outside garden serving Vietnamese cuisine, all the way to the Sun Court, where one can enjoy observing the activities around the Expo near the pavilion.
bronze drum
The bronze drum "drum", displayed in the pavilion, is one of the most common and important models in Vietnamese culture, as it represents the Dong Son civilization, which extended between 800 BC and AD 200, within the civilizational and historical stages that Vietnam went through.
The barrel industry symbolizes the wisdom and creativity of the Vietnamese, who invented the copper mining technique hundreds of years ago, which produced the copper culture that established a unique industry of weapons and tools in Southeast Asia.