Son La organises traditional New Year celebration for Lao students
Son
La (VNA) – The Standing Board of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Young
Union Committee of Son La province coordinated with local universities and
colleges to hold a get-together on April 15 the occasion of Bunpimay - the
traditional New Year festival of Laos.
An art
performance was organised as part of the event, aiming to help audience better
understand the culture, fine traditions, and special close friendship between
Vietnam and Laos.
Participants
at the event also had a chance to join in a water splashing ceremony and
traditional folk games.
Addressing
the event, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Cong
extended New Year wishes to Lao students.
He
also highly appreciated the universities' efforts, including providing training
and ensuring a decent living and learning environment for Lao students, thereby
making an important contribution to the effective implementation of the
comprehensive cooperation programme between Son La province and nine northern
provinces of Laos on education and training of high quality human resources.
On
this occasion, the Department of Education and Training, and the provincial
Study Encouragement Association awarded certificates of merit to 45 Lao
students who had outstanding academic achievements and participated in local
youth union activities.
Since
2015, more than 3,000 Lao students have studied in Son La. After graduation,
many of them have returned home and became key officials in government
agencies, actively contributing to the development of their homeland./.