HCM City leader extends greetings on Laos, Cambodia’s traditional New Year
Ho Chi Minh City hosted a gathering with Lao and Cambodian students on April 13 to celebrate their traditional New Year festivals – Bunpimay (Laos) and Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodia).
A traditional dance performance is taken to the stage of the gathering by Lao students in HCM City. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City hosted agathering with Lao and Cambodian students on April 13 to celebrate theirtraditional New Year festivals – Bunpimay (Laos) and Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodia).
It was attended by Deputy Secretary of the city’s PartyCommittee Nguyen Ho Hai, Cambodian Consul General Sok Dareth, and Lao Deputy ConsulGeneral Vongphan Phomphiphack.
It was part of a series of events organised by the municipal committeeof the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) to promote exchanges with Laoand Cambodian students and to mark the 55th anniversary ofthe Vietnam-Cambodia diplomatic relations (June 24, 1967 – 2022) and the 60th anniversary of the Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties (September 5, 1962 – 2022).
Hai offered his greetings to the Laoand Cambodian students who are studying in the city, wishing that they will still have a warm and happy New Year while living away from home.
He reaffirmed that giving great attention to Lao andCambodian students, the city leaders have implemented a number of supportprogrammes for them, notably one connecting the foreign students withVietnamese families.
The official also expected the Lao and Cambodian studentswill continue contributing to strengthening the solidarity and close friendshipbetween the three countries./.
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A traditional dance performance is taken to the stage of the gathering by Lao students in HCM City. (Photo: VNA)
