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Day of Bulgarian culture marked in Ho Chi Minh City

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a ceremony on May 24 to celebrate the Day of Bulgarian Education, Culture and Slavonic Alphabet.
Day of Bulgarian culture marked in Ho Chi Minh City ảnh 1HUFO Chairman Vuong Duc Hoang Quan speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)


HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Union ofFriendship Organisations (HUFO) held a ceremony on May 24 to celebrate the Dayof Bulgarian Education, Culture and Slavonic Alphabet.

Speaking at the event, HUFO Chairman Vuong Duc Hoang Quan saidthe birth of Slavonic alphabet has promoted cultural development in EasternEurope, contributing to the civilisation of Europe. Over 250 million peopleworldwide are using the Slavonic alphabet.

He added that as Vietnam and Bulgaria are fighting COVID-19,HUFO sends a sum of money raised by the city's Vietnam-Bulgaria Friendship Association to the Bulgarian people to help them combat the pandemic and restoresocio-economic activities soon.

Bulgarian Ambassador to Vietnam Marinela Petkova, for her part,said the day is a great festival of Bulgaria, marking its cultural developmentby preserving cultural and historic events via its alphabet.

She said the gift presented by HUFO to the Bulgarian people reflects the friendship and solidarity between the two countries' people amid difficult times.

Following the event, Quan and Petkova co-chaired a seminar on Vietnam – Bulgaria educational cooperation inthe new period, and looked into measures to further improve the efficiency ofscholarships provided by the Bulgarian Government for Vietnam./.

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