learning the language were discussed at a seminar in Hanoi on Oct.
14.
The seminar, the highlight of the Italian Language Week in
Vietnam , drew the participations of the ambassadors of Argentina ,
Pakistan , Switzerland and Venezuela , the director of the Goethe
Institute and a number of Vietnamese students.
Writer Mario
Fortunato, former director of the Italian Institute of Culture in
London , said that the first heritage of the nation is its language and
Italian is the language of a nation rich of cultural heritages.
Italian is also the language of cuisine, arts, fashion, architecture and
design and renovation, said Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrea
Perugini.
The Vietnamese translation of a masterpiece of Italian literature “If this is a man” was launched on this occasion.
The autobiographical book was written by Italian writer and chemist
Primo Levi, who based the book on his own experiences in a Nazi
concentration camp during World War II./.
