(VOVworld) - Haiti's landscape, people, and culture are being introduced for the first time in Vietnam during a Haiti Cultural Week that opened Monday in Hanoi. Organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti and Viettel Telecom Group in celebration of Haiti’s National Day, the week-long event highlights Haiti’s beauty and promotes bilateral ties.

Photos feature Haitians. (Photo: VOV)

Nguyen Viet Dung, Deputy Director of Viettel Global Investment JSC, said: “Viettel Group began its operation in Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake. Over the past 5 years, Viettel has been proud to help local people build the biggest and most modern telecommunications network in Haiti, which now has the best telecommunications infrastructure in the region. Thousands of Viettel employees and Haitians have lived and worked together, helping to bridge the two populations.”

The highlight of the cultural week will be a photo exhibit featuring Haiti’s recovery from the earthquake.