An art performance at the ceremony in HCM City (Source: hcmcpv.org.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam–Bulgaria Friendship Association (VBFA) hosted aceremony to mark Bulgarian Education, Culture and Slavonic Literature Day inHanoi on May 24.
Theevent was attended by Bulgarian Ambassador to Vietnam Evgheni Stoychev, hiswife and VBFA President Nguyen Van Tuan, among others.
Addressingthe event, Tuan congratulated the Bulgarian people on the occasion that honoursthe Kyril and Mephodi brothers who invented the first Slavonic letters.
Bulgariahas trained more than 2,200 Vietnamese graduates and post-graduates, and 6,200Vietnamese apprentices. The country has also helped improve occupational skillsfor more than 20,000 Vietnamese workers.
Forhis part, the Bulgarian Ambassador said the annual event contributes tofriendship and cooperation between the people of the two nations.
Thesame day, the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations held a function,gathering Slavonic language users in the city.
Itaims to promote cultural exchanges, mutual understanding and solidarity betweenpeople in Ho Chi Minh City and the Slavonic language–speaking community.
Presidentof the VBFA’s HCM City Chapter Hoang Thai Lan underlined the contributionsVietnamese people who studied Slovanic culture have made to the nation’scultural development.
Thecelebration of the Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Dayin Ho Chi Minh City contributes to developing friendship between Vietnam and Bulgaria,Lan said.-VNA
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