(VOVworld) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium has hosted a wide range of cultural activities to promote Vietnam’s culture there and to anticipate the 40^th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties in 2013. The Embassy has presented the traditional costume for the famous statue called Mannekin-Pis depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin in Brussels Town Hall. The Vietnamese costume is the 892^nd in the world worn by the iconic boy. Pham Sanh Chau is Vietnamese Ambassador in Belgium: “The Vietnamese community and Embassy in Belgium is glad to present our traditional customs to the statue. The area frequented by many visitors is a symbol of people in Brussels and Belgium in particular.  It gives us an opportunity to promote Vietnam’s image and Vietnamese people’s soul. It’s a combination of eastern and western cultures.”

Mannekin-Pis will be an emissary of Vietnam in Brussels in one day. Then the costume will be preserved at Mannekin-Pis museum.