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Festival highlights Vietnam- Laos special friendship

The Vietnam-Laos Special Friendship Festival 2023 is underway in Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Festival highlights Vietnam- Laos special friendship ảnh 1Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and EducationNguyen Trong Nghia visits a booth introducing information products of Vietnam News Agency at the festival. (Photo: VNA)

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The Vietnam-Laos Special Friendship Festival 2023 is underway inHue city in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Jointly held by the Ministry of Information and Communicationsand the provincial People’s Committee, the event includes a photo exhibition, a trade fair, a scientific seminar,and an art performance exchange.

The photo exhibition displays more than 200 photos that highlight thehistory and development of the Vietnam-Laos special friendship and outstanding achievements ininformation and communication cooperation between the two countries.

The trade fair features 60 pavilions with highlights being publicationsand media programmes in Lao language from Vietnam News Agency, Nhan Dan newspaper, Radio The Voice of Vietnam and the national external information portalVietnam.vn. Information technology and telecommunications enterprises such asViettel, VNPT, VTC and businesses operatingin the fields of tourism and trade also showcase their products at the event,along with goods under the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme of ThuaThien - Hue and central provinces and cities.

During his visit to the photo exhibition and trade fair onNovember 13, Nguyen Trong Nghia, head of the Party Central Committee’sCommission for Information and Education emphasised the traditional friendship,special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos,saying the two countries have achieved great achievements in economic, social,foreign affairs and their cooperation is effective in all fields./.

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