(VOVworld) – An exchange was held in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday to launch a book by researcher Nguyen Su featuring the history of Vietnamese calligraphy.

Exhibit-goers attracted by calligraphic paintings at 2017 Spring Calligraphy Festival in Hanoi. (Photo: Dinh Thuan/VNA)

The 300-page book is divided into two parts. The first is a general overview of the history of calligraphy in countries like China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. The second part explores the development of Vietnamese calligraphy.

The book is a process of researching the historical materials of Vietnam, China, Japan, and RoK, and comparing them to what have been preserved at pagodas, temples, stone steles, mountain walls, and caves.