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Festival features Vietnam-Laos special ties

The Vietnam-Laos Special Friendship Festival 2019 opened in the central province of Nghe An on November 15.
Festival features Vietnam-Laos special ties ảnh 1Visitors at the festival (Photo: VNA)

Nghe An (VNA) – The Vietnam-Laos SpecialFriendship Festival 2019 opened in the central province of Nghe An on November15.

The event drew representatives from a number of centralagencies and sectors, Nghe An province and its border districts, businessesfrom Nghe An and Laos, nine provinces sharing the border with Laos, as well aslocal and Lao students in the province.

Various activities will be held within the festival’sframework, including a photo exhibition featuring the special ties betweenVietnam and Laos, an exhibition introducing culture and tourism products aswell as specialties of different localities, including Nghe An and Laoprovinces.

A seminar will be heldto discuss ways to promote Nghe An’sinvestment, trade and tourism, along with art performances.

A highlight of this year’s festival is activities tostrengthen the exchange among people and businesses of both sides, thuspromoting investment, trade and tourism partnership between Vietnam and Laos ingeneral as well as localities along the shared border in particular.

Addressing the event, Vice Chairman of the Party CentralCommittee’s Commission for Information and Education Bui Truong Giang said thatthis is a festival of local residents in border provinces and a chance for thelocalities to fostering their connections.

This is the second time that the festival has been held bythe Ministry of Information and Communications and a border province of Vietnam.Last year, the event was held in Dien Bien Phu city of northernDien Bien province./.
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