A get-together is held at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Law (UEL) to celebrate Lao Bun Pi May festival and Cambodian Chol Chnam Thmay festival. (Photo: thanhnien.vn) HCM City (VNA) – Nearly 1,000 Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian studentsjoined in a get-together at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics andLaw (UEL) on April 1 to celebrate the Lao Bun Pi May festival and the CambodianChol Chnam Thmay festival.
According to Le Hoang Minh, deputy director of the international relations unitof the city’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the event enabled the studentsto exchange and study the history of the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia relations,making significant contributions to nurturing the traditional solidarity andfruitful friendship among the youth of the three nations.
Art performances, fashion shows, traditional games, and food street displaywere included at the event. Particularly, the event featured Laos andCambodia’s rituals like thread tying and water-splashing festival to wish for ayear of happiness and prosperity.
The Lao and Cambodian students were impressed by the activities organised inVietnam to mark their traditional festivals.
UEL Vice Rector Le Tuan Loc affirmed to create favourable conditions for theLao and Cambodian students so that they can have good results at university,helping build sound solidarity and friendship among the three nations.
The Bun Pi May and Chol Chnam Thmay festivals fall on April 14 to 16, withseveral ritual ceremonies praying for good weather, an abundant harvest and aprosperous New Year.-VNA
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