Gifts for boarding Lao, Cambodian students on occasion of Lunar New Year
On the afternoon of March 15, the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) held a ceremony to presented gifts to Lao and Cambodian students on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) in 2021.
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| Attending at the ceremony were HUFO President Vuong Duc Hoang Quan, HUFO Vice President Tran Hoang Khanh Van, representative of Vietnam - Laos and Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Associations in Ho Chi Minh City and 20 students representing 240 Lao and Cambodian students are studying in the city. Source: HUFO |
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| Speaking at the ceremony, the HUFO Vice President expressed her sympathy to Lao and Cambodian students for having spent a Lunar New Year holiday away from home due to the COVID-19 epidemic, offering her encouragements, wishing all of the students a happy new year, succeed in studying and integrate well in Vietnam. |
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| Sincerely thank you for the attention and timely sharing of HUFO leaders and two Friendship Associations, the students affirmed that they would continue to study, practice, preserve and promote traditions, deepen the close relationship between the three countries Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia. |
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| Tet (Lunar New Year) festival is the biggest holiday of the year for the Vietnamese people. |
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