(VOVworld) - Korean artist Lee Jeong-hee is visiting Vietnam for the first time, to showcase her embroidered paintings at an exhibition in Hanoi.

She is exhibiting about 44 embroidered artworks, including the two latest curtains and the largest one, entitled Green Dragon White Tiger. Lee embroidered the curtains after being inspired by two paintings of Shin Shaim-dang, the greatest Korean female artist of the 16th century. Green Dragon White Tiger has been exhibited throughout Korea since 2003. It was also displayed in Japan in 2010 and 2012, and in China last year. The painting is also the largest work of Lee's 30-year career. The exhibition, which includes embroidered products used in daily life such as ties, wallets, pillows and table cloth, will run till Saturday at the Korean Cultural Center in Hanoi.