The exhibition, entitled Qhapaq Ñan – The Great Inca Trail, comprises 28 photographs that will be on display at the Hoan Kiem Lake pedestrian walking street until October 26, Nguyen Anh Thu, a cultural assistant at the Peruvian Embassy in Hanoi, stated in a communique.
Co-organized by the Peruvian diplomatic mission and the Hanoi People’s Committee, the exhibition will allow visitors to know the most remarkable features of the technique used by the ancient Incas to build roads, some of whose sections are preserved and are currently in operation.
In this exhibition, the Peruvian Embassy expresses the desire to get the Andean country’s splendorous natural landscapes, unique cultural features, and formation history to the Vietnamese public closer, thus contributing to fostering exchanges to strengthen the traditional friendship between the two nations.
Declared a UNESCO’s Common Heritage of Humanity in 2014, Qhapaq Ñan represents the most extensive and advanced road system built during the Inca Empire or Tahuantinsuyo and runs through territories of other South American countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador.
Vietnam and Peru established diplomatic relations on November 14, 1994.
Both countries are part of international collaboration mechanisms such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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