Professor Guenter Giesenfeld, Chairman of the Germany-Vietnam Friendship Society, has handed over more than 100 black-and-white photos taken by German director Vasco Filipov to Minister Counsellor Bui Manh Cuong at the Vietnamese embassy in Germany.

Mr Giesenfeld also presented many pictures drawn by Vietnamese children and collected by the German director to Mr Cuong in the city of Marburg on November 11.

He said photographer Filipov, who is seriously ill and has lost the ability to speak due to Parkinson’s disease, has carefully preserved these souvenirs over the past years. Mr Filipov was very glad to have Mr Giesenfeld pass these pictures, photos and their negatives to Vietnam along with some celluloid films to be sent soon.

Professor Giesenfeld, who is familiar to many Vietnamese, has made many contributions toward strengthening the ties of friendship and solidarity between the peoples of Germany and Vietnam.