As many as 150 children from Lang Son city in the northern border province of Lang Son and the Chinese city of Chongzao in neighbouring Guangxi province participated in a friendship programme in Lang Son city.

The programme aims to foster and develop connections between youngsters and children on both sides, as well as the relations between the two peoples.

Along with a number of friendship activities, the children took part in a musical exchange on November 1, with songs featuring Vietnam and China, as well as the traditional friendship between the two countries.

As part of the programme, a seminar was held to discuss the friendship between border children in Lang Son and Guangxi.

During the two-day event, the children also paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his monument and visited a number of historical sites in Lang Son.

They also attended a dialogue with teachers and pupils in Vinh Trai primary school in Lang Son city.-VNA