Leaders from Bali and Denpasar city visit Vietnam's booth (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
This is a major festival in Denpasar with many attractive activities such as carnival parade, traditional and modern art performances, ColourRun, food fair and exhibitions featuring local products such as bamboo and rattan, batik silk and jewelry.
During the three day festival, the Vietnamese delegation, including staff from the embassy and Vietnamese people living in Bali, participated in the street parade to introduce images of the country and dynamic and hospitable people of Vietnam to the locals and international friends.
For the first time since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1955, the traditional long dress of Vietnam flew over Catur Muka Square in the center of Denpasar city to resounding applause.
On this occasion, Ambassador Pham Vinh Quang, in an interview conducted by the Denpasar Television Station, expressed his good impressions on the festival and wished to further promote cooperation between Vietnam and Indonesia in the fields of economics, culture and tourism.
Vietnamese traditional long dress at the festival (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
Mayor of Denpasar Rai Dharma Wijaya Mantra, representatives of departments and agencies of Bali and a large number of tourists visited the booths of the Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnam Airlines at the festival, which introduced famous destinations of Vietnam as well as potential for trade and investment between the two countries.
Also within the framework of the festival, the Vietnamese delegation participated in the charity run ColourRun. The winner was presented two pairs of Bali-Vietnam round trip tickets by Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air.
During the meeting with Mayor of Denpasar and the leaders of Bali, Ambassador Pham Vinh Quang proposed to promote cooperation through specific activities such as organizing photo exhibition on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Uncle Ho’s visit to Indonesia, including Bali; activities to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Indonesia diplomatic relations (1955-2020); and the twinning between Indonesia’s Denpasar city and Vietnam’s Hue city./.