Soc Trang (VNA) – Vietnam’sMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture andFine Arts on December 3 kicked off the Cambodia Culture Week in Vietnam 2023 inthe Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of theevent, the Secretary of State of Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine ArtsNet Phoumary said this is an important mark as the two countriesstart implementing their 2023-2027 cooperation plan on culture and fine arts.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports andTourism Hoang Dao Cuong said that besides Soc Trang province, the CambodiaCulture Week also takes place in Dong Thap as part of a series of culturalexchange events in the Vietnam - Cambodia border area.
He said the activities create favourable conditionsfor people in the border areas of the two countries to exchange, introduceunique cultural features, and work together to build and protect the Vietnam -Cambodia borderline, contributing to the solidarity and comprehensivecooperation between the two peoples./.