Vietnam - China cultural exchange program

Continuing the activities within the framework of the first Cultural Festival of ethnic groups with a population of less than 10,000 people, the Culture - Tourism Week of Lai Chau province in 2023, on the evening of November 4, at the People's Square of the province, a Vietnam - China cultural exchange program took place.

Attending the cultural exchange program were comrades: Vu Manh Ha - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Thi Hai Nhung - Director of the Department of Ethnic Culture, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Vuong Nghe Lam - Deputy Head of the People's Government of Kim Binh District (Yunnan Province, China); leaders of northern Lao provinces; provincial departments, branches, districts and cities of Lai Chau Province; actors, artisans and a large number of people and tourists.

Delegates attending the exchange.

Over the years, the Vietnam-China relationship has always been a special neighborly relationship, with mountains and rivers connected by a strip of land, close-knit people, and the same aspirations; the friendship and cooperation, cultivated by generations of leaders of the two countries and two provinces, has been increasingly enhanced and continuously developed strongly, becoming a valuable common asset of the two peoples of Vietnam and China, and the two provinces of Lai Chau and Yunnan.

Comrade Luong Chien Cong - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism presented flowers to the art troupes of the two countries.

The cultural exchange program includes singing and dancing performances imbued with cultural identity performed by professional and non-professional artists and actors from Lai Chau province and Kim Binh district, Yunnan province, China. Praising the love for the homeland; the beauty of Lai Chau land and people; the loyal and close neighborly relationship between the people of Lai Chau (Vietnam) - Yunnan (China) and the belief in a long-term cooperative relationship for mutual development to create a bright future. Thereby, further enhancing the solidarity, friendship, cooperation and development of the two countries of Vietnam - China on the path of international integration. At the end of the program, delegates, artists, actors, people and tourists joined in the solidarity dance, xoe dance and bamboo dance, joining in the joyful and exciting atmosphere of the first Cultural Festival of ethnic groups with a population of less than 10,000 people and Lai Chau Tourism-Culture Week 2023. Some special images at the exchange program:

Performance "Lai Chau, the legendary land" at the exchange program.

Traditional male and female dance of the Hmong people performed by actors from Yunnan province (China).

Dance performance by actors from Yunnan province (China).

The Vietnamese-Chinese singing and dancing performance received enthusiastic cheers from a large audience.

Comrade Vu Manh Ha - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, along with leaders of Yunnan Province (China), artists, actors, people and tourists participated in the solidarity dance and the xoe circle.