Four big names of the Iranian art opened a joint painting exhibition in Hanoi on November 8 to welcome the success of the Asian Indoor Games-3, which closed later in the evening after nine days’ competition.

On show are almost 30 paintings of various schools and materials by female members of the AFTAB (Contemporary Art) group, including two professors Mahvash Soheili and Shahla Mahjoubi.

The three-day event is to promote Iranian contemporary art to the world and facilitate friendship and mutual understanding among peoples between the two countries, said organisers from the Iranian Embassy and the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Iranian Ambassador Seyed Javad Ghavarn Shahidi and Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Tien Tho were present at the opening ceremony.