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Vietnam Summer Camp 2019 opens

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the People’s Committee of the northern province of Thai Nguyen on July 12 held a ceremony to start the Vietnam Summer Camp 2019.
Vietnam Summer Camp 2019 opens ảnh 1The Vietnam Summer Camp 2019 opens in Thai Nguyen province on July 12. (Photo: VNA)

Thai Nguyen (VNA) – The State Committee forOverseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and thePeople’s Committee of the northern province of Thai Nguyen on July 12 held aceremony to start the Vietnam Summer Camp 2019.

The camp is participated by 155 delegates from 28 countries, representingthe youths with outstanding achievements in study, sports and arts who makeconsiderable contributions to the building of the overseas Vietnamese community.

The camp includes various activities in 10 localitiesthroughout Vietnam, including paying respect to late President Ho Chi Minh athis mausoleum in Hanoi, visiting his birth place in Nghe An province, visitingthe Truong Son cemetery of fallen soldiers in Quang Tri province, and others.

Besides, participants will hand over aid relief to thefamilies of 10 fallen soldiers and orphans as well as poor children.

At the launching ceremony, many cultural and art activitieswere held with the participation of overseas and local youths.

Started in 2004, the Vietnam Summer Camp has so farattracted the participation of nearly 2,000 Vietnamese youth and students fromover 30 countries and territories. Many of the participants have become verysuccessful in their career and made active contributions to the nationalconstruction.-VNA
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