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Northwestern localities, HCM City to hold first culture, tourism week in Lao province

A culture and tourism week of Vietnam’s northwestern region and Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to take place for the first time in the Lao province of Luang Prabang from October 25 to 27.
Northwestern localities, HCM City to hold first culture, tourism week in Lao province ảnh 1A dancing performance honouring the Vietnam - Laos relations (Photo: Dien Bien provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
Hanoi (VNA) – A culture and tourism week of Vietnam’s northwestern regionand Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to take place for the first time in the Laoprovince of Luang Prabang from October 25 to 27.

The week,to be organised under the chair of the People’s Committee of Dien Bienprovince, will feature a wide range of cultural, sport and tourism activities introducingtypical cultural identities and tourism products of the northwestern region,HCM City, and Luang Prabang.

Outstandingactivities will include exhibitions of tourism photos of the Vietnamese and Laolocalities; displays of tourism and agricultural products; and experience ofcultural, sport and tourism activities of the localities.

Farmiliarisationtrips, a workshop promoting tourism of the northwest and HCM City, and acultural exchange programme between northwestern provinces and Luang Prabangwill also be held.

The cultureand tourism week is part of the 2023 cooperation plan under the agreement ontourism development cooperation between HCM City and eight northwestern provincesfor 2020 - 2025.

It isexpected to help foster the cooperation, friendship, and cultural, economic,trade and tourism ties between the Vietnamese localities and Luang Prabang, aswell as other northern Lao provinces./.
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