Thai Nguyen (VNA) – A get-together was held in Universityof Education under Thai Nguyen University on April 12 to celebrate thetraditional New Year of Laos – Bunpimay.
The event drew representatives of the Vietnam-LaosFriendship Association and local government, as well as Lao students in ThaiNguyen.
Along with traditional practices of Lao people in thefestival, participants enjoyed music and dance performances by Lao students.The organising board also presented New Year gifts to Lao students in thelocality.
In recent years, the number of Lao students taking courses intraining facilities in Thai Nguyen has increased.
In the 2018-2019 academic year, about 2,000 Lao students are studying in 13 facilitiesfrom high school to tertiary and post-graduate levels in Thai Nguyen. Thefigure was only 27 ten years ago.-VNA