Special art performance enhances Vietnam-Laos solidarity and friendship
PSNews - Recently, a special art performance highlighting the solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and Laos was held in Hanoi by the Party Central Committee's Commission for Communication and Education. Within the programme, the organisers also presented prizes to the winners of a contest on researching the history of special relations between Vietnam and Laos.
Organized by the Party Central Committee (PCC) Commission of Popularization and Education, the performance aimed to review the multi-choice contest on the history of the Vietnam – Laos, Laos - Vietnam special relationship in order to contribute to the success of the "Vietnam - Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022".
The delegates and the audience enjoyed a carefully prepared art performance, with eternal songs both in Vietnamese and in Lao, which praised the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos, through the performance of famous singers and artists.
In his speech, Secretary of the Party Central Committee cum Head of the Commission for Communication and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia underscored that the contest has made an important contribution to the education of the revolutionary tradition, helping a large number of people in Vietnam and Laos, especially the younger generations, and international friends to gain a deeper understanding of the historical significance and importance of the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two parties, states and peoples.
In order to promote the meaning and positive spread of the Contest and activities in the "Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022", he also asked press agencies to improve the quality of information about Vietnam-Laos special relations for people of the two countries and the international community.
The contest on learning about the history of special relations between Vietnam and Laos was held in the form of a weekly online quiz on the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Online Newspaper, and the VCNet social network and attracted the attention and participation of a large number of people from all walks of life in Vietnam and Laos as well as international friends.
Information about the contest was updated not only in Vietnamese, but also in many foreign languages such as English, French, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Lao and Khmer on the CPV Online Newspaper and many other mass media.
After 12 weeks (from June 13 to September 5), the system recorded 681,291 entrants with 3,391,365 entries, of which there were 2,027 participants of Lao nationality and 85 contestants from other countries. A total of 12 first prizes, 24 second prizes and 60 third prizes were presented to the winners.