(VOVworld) - An art exhibit called “Vietnam in my eyes” opened at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi on Tuesday.

A picture from the exhibition.

The event, co-organized by the Vietnam-US Society and the US Embassy in Vietnam, is part of activities celebrating the 20th anniversary of the normalization of Vietnam - US diplomatic relations. The exhibit showcases 40 paintings by Soraya Runkel, the wife of Chris Runkel, who was the first American diplomat sent to Vietnam to prepare for the normalization of relations. The paintings capture events in 1995, including the signing of the agreement on the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the US. Soraya Runkel said all of the paintings will be auctioned, and part of the money collected will go to disadvantaged children with disabilities. The exhibit will run until December 10.