A performance at the opening ceremony of the Vietnam-Laos cultural, sport and tourism festival in Dien Bien province on October 1 (Photo: VNA)
Dien Bien (VNA) – The northwestern province of Dien Bien is hostinga Vietnam-Laos cultural, sport and tourism festival from October 1-3.
The festival, the third of its kind so far, has attracted the participation ofethnic artisans, artists and amateur athletes from 10 Vietnamese provinces borderingLaos, and 10 art troupes from Laos.
Activities during the event include demonstrations of festivalsand ethic cultural practices, shows of ethnic costumes, displays of socio-economicachievements and cultural and tourism products of participating localities,folk art performances, and traditional sport competitions.
Field trips to survey tourism attractions in Dien Bien will also be held fordelegations from Vietnamese and Lao localities.
Deputy head of the festival’s organising board Nguyen Thi HaiNhung said the festival is intended to praise the special Vietnam-Laosrelationship and introduce the potential and strength in culture, sport andtourism of ethnic groups in areas along the Vietnam-Laos border.
It also testifies to the consistent policy of the Vietnamese Party, State andpeople on strengthening and developing the close bonds between the two Parties,States and peoples of Vietnam and Laos, she said./.
Delegations from Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh and the Lao province of Champasak reached a cooperation document during their talks in Dong Hoi city on September 26.
Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man highly appreciated the positive developments in people-to-people exchanges between the two countries during a reception held on September 27 for delegates who are attending the fifth Vietnam-Laos People Friendship Festival in Vietnam's central province of Quang Tri.
Vietnamese and Lao education-training leaders, representatives from 50 universities and 55 agencies as well as teachers and students gathered at a forum in Vientiane on September 29 to discuss cooperation between the two countries in enhancing training quality.
A ceremony was held in Laos’s Savannakhet province on September 29 to wrap up the fifth Vietnam-Laos People Friendship Festival and celebrate the Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Friendship and Solidarity Year, the 60th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 45th of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation between the two countries.
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The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
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A performance at the opening ceremony of the Vietnam-Laos cultural, sport and tourism festival in Dien Bien province on October 1 (Photo: VNA) 
