London (VNA), March 31 -- Speakers from the British Museum and Library have introduced documents on Vietnam's culture and its long-standing ties with the UK, at a discovering-Vietnam event held at the D-Contemporary in central London.

The March 30 event was organsied by the Vietnamese Embassy as part of its Vietnamese Days in the UK programme lasting from March 28 to April 27.

One of the speakers, Sud Chonchirdsin, the curator for the Vietnamese collection at the British Library from 2005-2019, showed visitors to historical documents proving that the Vietnam-UK trade relationship was formed 350 years before the two countries officially established diplomatic relations in 1973. Among the items were two letters, one by Lord Trinh Tac sent...