Dien Bien to host exhibition on cultural characteristics along Vietnam-Laos border
An exhibition featuring cultural characteristics in border areas and the Vietnam-Laos friendship and solidarity will be held in the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien in September within the framework of the third Vietnam-Laos Border Culture, Sports and Tourism Exchange Festival.
Laos' thread tying ritual on the occasion of its new year (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – An exhibition featuring cultural characteristics inborder areas and the Vietnam-Laos friendship and solidarity will be held in thenorthwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien in September within the framework ofthe third Vietnam-Laos Border Culture, Sports and Tourism Exchange Festival.
The festival aims to celebrate the 60th founding anniversaryof the diplomatic ties and 45 years since the signing of the Treaty of Amity andCooperation between the two countries, and promote tourism potential andtraditional cultures of ethnic minorities along the Vietnam-Laos border todomestic and foreign friends, contributing to preserving ethnicidentities.
It is also to strengthen the solidarity and comprehensivecooperation between Vietnam and Laos, and reaffirm Vietnam's consistent policyof maintaining, consolidating and enhancing its special relationship with theneighbour.
The event will include musical performances, shows featuringtraditional costumes, cultural products and images of Vietnamese people as wellas socio-economic achievements of some localities that have cooperative tieswith Lao counterparts.
Around 2,500 people from nine Vietnamese provinces of DienBien, Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Son La, Thua Thien-Hue, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, QuangNam and Kon Tum and 10 Lao provinces of Luang Prabang, Huaphanh, Attapeu,Sekong, Xiengkhuang, Borikhamxay, Khammouan, Savannakhet, Saravane andPhongsaly will attend the festival./.
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Laos' thread tying ritual on the occasion of its new year (Photo: VNA) 
