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of each of the participating countries was carried onto the stage during the opening event. I believe this will be the first of several more international bonsai events that will be held in Vietnam in the future.
Several well-known bonsai artists performed dem- onstrations for the huge crowd of people on the sec- ond day of the big event. Kunio Kobayashi from Japan, Amy Liang and Chen Chien Liang from Taiwan, Sujay and Ruppa Shah from India, and Kim Seok Ju from Korea displayed their talents as they styled individual trees and made landscape arrangements for the ad- miring crowds. BCI President presented an illustrated lecture The Ancient Art of Stone Appreciation tracing viewing stones from the ancient days in China to Ja- pan to present day western countries to approximately 300 people.
Facing page; Innovative com- position greets visitors to the exhibition.
Top left and right; A land/water penjing in the process of be- ing assembled.
Middle; Bonsai hobbyists throughout Vietnam came
to this exhibition along with nearly 200 foreign guests from seventeen different countries.
Bottom; One of three recipients of BCI Medals of Excellence.
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