The mural is in Choisy le Roi, on the outskirts of Paris. Photos provided by Thuy

Thuy graduated from the Hanoi Foreign Language Teacher Training University in 1992. She studied fine arts from 1992 to 2005 at artists Cong Kim Hoa and Pham Viet Cong’s studios. She became a member of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association in 2001.

She has made works for public art projects in Hanoi, the provinces of Thai Nguyen and Thanh Hoa, and Truong Sa (Spratly Archipelago). Her ‘Ceramic Road’ project made a world record as the longest ceramic road.

She designed and completed the Vietnam-France Friendship ceramic mosaic in Choisy le Roi city hall in France to mark the 40^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and Vietnam in 2013.

This year, as a part of activities during the Vietnam Year in Choisy-le-Roi, Thuy and 4 artists including Tran Van Dinh, Nguyen Huy Quan, Nguyen Cao Quyen, Dinh Van Huy were invited to Choisy le Roi to give the dyke wall a makeover.

Thuy and her team sit in front of the completed mural painting.

The mural painting depicting enlarged flowers of Vietnam and France painted on the dyke wall along the Seine river bank has attracted a large number of visitors to the place.

The artists have decorated the wall with flowers such as rose, tulip, iris, magnolia, narcissus, lily, banana inflorescense, lotus, bird of paradise flower, daisy, poppy, etc. The vitality of spring and nature is symbol of long-standing friendship between the two countries and two peoples, Thuy said.

2018 marks the 45^th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the fifth anniversary of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and France. In the 45 years since the two countries established diplomatic relations, the cooperation between Vietnam and France has yielded noteworthy results, especially since a strategic partnership was announced in 2013./.

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