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Spring festival kicks off Vietnamese culture year in Ukraine

The beauty of Vietnamese people and natural landscapes are under spotlight at the spring festival which is taking place in Odessa city, Ukraine, as part of activities to kick off the Vietnamese Culture Year in the East European nation.
Spring festival kicks off Vietnamese culture year in Ukraine ảnh 1The spring festival is held as part of activities to kick off the Vietnamese Culture Year in Ukraine. (Photo: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) – The beauty of Vietnamese people and naturallandscapes are under spotlight at the spring festival which is taking place inOdessa city, Ukraine, as part of activities to kick off the Vietnamese Culture Yearin the East European nation.

The event is jointly held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine, Ho Chi MinhCity, Odessa city and the Vietnamese community in Odessa.

At the opening ceremony on February 22, Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine NguyenAnh Tuan noted that the festival is designed to help Ukrainian peopleunderstand more about Vietnam as well as the Vietnamese community in thecountry, who are integrating into and becoming a part of the host nation. Theyhave served as a bridge for the friendship between Vietnam and Ukraine.

He also took the occasion to thank the Ukrainian government and Odessaauthorities for creating favourable conditions for the embassy to organise theevent.

Resnhikova Daroslava, a cultural official of Odessa city, expressed her delightover the organisation of the event, saying that it helps maintain and bolsterthe bilateral traditional relations and friendship between Ho Chi Minh City andOdessa city.

The Vietnamese community is an inseparable part of foreign communities inOdessa and the local authorities appreciated the contributions made by theVietnamese community to social and cultural activities in the city, sheunderlined.

Other activities held in the framework of the Vietnamese Culture Year inUkraine include a celebration to mark 128th birthday of President HoChi Minh in May, Vietnamese music nights in Kiev and Kharkov, a VietnameseSport Day in Kharkov, a Vietnamese cultural day in Lvop and a celebration of the73rd anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution and National Day.-VNA
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