Thursday, 16/01/2020 16:13 (GMT+7)
A meeting was organized in Vientiane on January 14th by the Vietnamese Embassy and the General Association of Overseas Vietnamese in Laos to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) of the Rat.
The delegates at the event (Photo: VNA)
At the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung expressed his delight at the special traditional friendship between Vietnam and Laos. He noted that overseas Vietnamese across the world are eager to welcome a happy New Year 2020 amid the stable political and social situation and high economic growth of Vietnam.
Speaking at the event, General Chansamone Chanyalath, member of the Lao Politburo and Minister of National Defence, extended his best wishes to the Vietnamese people on the occasion of the traditional Vietnamese Tet, while affirming that the special traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries will continue to develop further in the future.
In the warm and friendly atmosphere, participants enjoyed traditional and typical dishes together on traditional Vietnamese Tet days, listening to songs praising the solidarity and friendship between the two countries and traditional Lamvong and Basalop dances of the Lao people./.
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