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General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong arrives in Hanoi after the visit to China. Photo: VNA During his visit from October 30-November 1, Party General Secretary Trong held talks with Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, received the Friendship Order of China, and met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China Li Zhanshu, and Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee Wang Yang , Nhan dan (People) newspaper said. At the talks and meetings, the two sides had in-depth exchanges, and reached many important common perceptions on the relations of the two Parties and countries. On the occasion, 13 cooperation documents between the countries’ ministries, sectors and localities were signed. Joint statement underlines deepening Vietnam-China partnership General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinpi

The work has been done on the initiative of Dao Thi Cam Suong, a calligrapher from Can Tho. The giant conical hat is made up of a total of 540 smaller conical hats, with calligraphy written on top. Suong has spent 89 days writing the calligraphy and finding connections to produce the finished product. The words written on the giant hat include sightseeing spots in Can Tho, folk songs, proverbs, poems, and the names of various provinces and cities across the country. She shares that the purpose of her work is to honour the beauty of the fatherland through pieces of calligraphy. Indeed, the giant hat is created from 540 small conical hats which themselves represent the country’s 54 ethnic minority groups. The diametre of the giant hat spans for more than eight metres, with the length from the tip to the brim roughly four meters and the length from the tip of the cone to the ground roughly six metres. The work has 14 rows of conical ha