Society

HCM City programme strengthens friendship among Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

An exchange was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 16, gathering representatives of Lao and Cambodian families whose children are adopted by Vietnamese families, and representatives of those Vietnamese families.
HCM City programme strengthens friendship among Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia ảnh 1Lao and Cambodian students learn about history of Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – An exchange was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 16,gathering representatives of Lao and Cambodian families whose children areadopted by Vietnamese families, and representatives of those Vietnamesefamilies.

In her remarks, Presidentof the municipal Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee Tran Kim Yen emphasised thatthe traditional friendship among Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia has been nurturedby generations of the three countries’ leaders and people and become solidstepping stones for them to stand side by side with one another to promotenational development in each country and their special neighbourliness andfriendship.

She highlighted the meaningfulnessof the programme “Vietnamese families with Lao and Cambodian students in HCMCity”, via which people-to-people exchanges among the countries has beenenhanced while local residents and Lao and Cambodian students here gain a betterunderstanding of the countries’ traditional friendship, special solidarity, andcomprehensive cooperation.

The programme is a chance for students from thetwo neighbouring countries to experience the daily life of Vietnamese families.It is also meant to support the students who have to live faraway from their families,the official added.

This year, the exchange among the familiesengaging in the programme takes place from August 15 to 19 with such activitiesas a gathering with the Vietnamese families adopting Lao and Cambodian students;a visit to the Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, where over 160 Lao andCambodian students are learning at; experiencing the life of Vietnamesefamilies; and visits to some scenic landscapes and historical relic sites ofVietnam.

In 2023, there are 67 Vietnamese families, 91 Laostudents, and 14 Cambodian students participating the programme, whichattracted 33 Vietnamese families and 48 Lao and Cambodian students last year./.
VNA
#Laos#students#Cambodia#historical relic sites#Vietnamese families#Vietnam Plus#Vietnam News Agency
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

See more

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

ASEAN’s goods, culinary culture promoted in Europe

The ASEAN Committee in Prague (ACP) launched an "ASEAN Food Corner" on October 22, aiming to promote the culinary culture and introduce goods from ASEAN countries to consumers in the Czech Republic and Europe at large.

If the plan is approved, public employees will enjoy a continuous 9-day Tet break from January 25 to February 2 next year. (Photo: VNA)

2025 Lunar New Year holiday plan submitted to PM

The Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs on October 22 submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister regarding the schedule for the 2025 Lunar New Year (Tet) – Vietnam’s largest traditional celebration – and other national holidays.

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Kien Giang continues to take firm stand against IUU fishing

The Standing Board of the Party Committee of southern Kien Giang province has called for strengthening the Party's leadership in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, part of a broader national effort to have the “yellow card” warning lifted by the European Commission (EC).

Yen Bai city in the northern province of Yen Bai is severely affected by Typhoon Yagi. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam receives EU’s humanitarian aid for Typhoon Yagi victims

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) Central Committee has received humanitarian response and early recovery support from the European Union and its member states through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)' Emergency Appeal to assist the Vietnamese people affected by Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floodings.

Conscripted Vietnamese workers honoured with ceremony in France (Photo: VNA)

Conscripted Vietnamese workers honoured with ceremony in France

A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.

At the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between Bac Lieu and Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period. (Photo: VNA)

Bac Lieu, Korean locality sign labour cooperation agreement

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on October 21 signed a cooperation agreement with Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period.

(Photo: VNA)

Tien Giang strives to reduce poverty rate to 0.87% this year

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committees at all levels in the southern province of Tien Giang have collaborated with agencies and organisations to speed up social security programmes, aiming to reduce the province's poverty rate to 0.87% this year, said Vice President of the provincial VFF Committee Huynh Van Hai.

The Chinese sailor is rushed to FV (Franco-Vietnamese) Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for treatment as soon as he is brought to the shore. (Photo: VNA)

Chinese sick sailor on vessel AMIS STAR provided with first aid

A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (VMRCC) on October 20 provided first aid to critically-ill Chinese sailor on a Liberia-flagged vessel off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau before bringing him to the shore for further treatment.

At the meeting between Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang and UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam respects right to freedom of belief, religion: official

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang highlighted Vietnam’s consistent policy of respecting and protecting the right to freedom of belief and religion for all people, while meeting with UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif in his recent trip to Switzerland.