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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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