Chinese, Vietnamese youths hold third festival to strengthen understanding, friendship
Xinhua, November 7, 2016 Adjust font size:
About 1,000 Chinese youths and over 9,000 Vietnamese young people kicked off the third China-Vietnam Youth Festival on Monday to strengthen understanding and friendship between their two countries.
The Festival, under the theme "Vietnamese and Chinese Youths Join Hands in Fostering Friendship," features various activities in Hanoi and six northern Vietnamese provinces.
Major activities include the youths' participation in environmental protection and sustainable development, as well as cultural identity preservation and tourism development.
The event was launched at the Huu Nghi International Border Gate in Lang Son province, some 130 km north of Hanoi by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Communist Youth League of China Central Committees.
Nguyen Manh Dung, Standing Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, said the youth gathering helps increase mutual trust and understanding between the two countries' young peoples and has now become a friendly bridge in bilateral people-to-people exchanges.
On Thursday the Chinese representatives will go to Hanoi to join an art performance and closing ceremony of the festival. Endit