(Baonghean.vn) - While all over Laos, people are jubilantly celebrating the traditional national New Year with water splashing, Lao students studying at Vinh Medical University are also celebrating the New Year with no less jubilation.
On the afternoon of April 14, at Vinh Medical University, the school coordinated with the Nghe An Union of Friendship Organizations and the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association of Nghe An province to organize a ceremony to celebrate Bunpimay 2015, the traditional Lao New Year, for international students studying at the school.
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| Delegates attend the New Year celebration with Lao students at Vinh Medical University |
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| Delegates attend New Year celebration with Lao students at Vinh Medical University |
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| Group dance performance by Lao students |
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| Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association of Nghe An province presents scholarships to Lao students |
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| Lao student representative expressed his feelings |
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| Enjoy the New Year blessing ceremony according to Lao customs |
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| Happy Lao New Year |
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| Lao New Year Blessing Ceremony |
At the ceremony, Lao students interacted with Vietnamese students through a number of singing and dancing performances, highlighting the close-knit love between the Lao and Vietnamese peoples. The students were splashed with water to wish them luck and had strings tied around their wrists to celebrate the New Year. Speaking at the ceremony, the representative of Lao students expressed their deep gratitude to the teachers who cared for and taught them knowledge, and also always cared about their spiritual culture and customs. Although living far away from their homeland, these moments of welcoming the New Year felt like they were living in their own homeland.
Vinh Medical University currently has 54 Lao students studying there, coming from Bolikhamxay, Xiengkhouang and Huaphanh provinces under an educational cooperation program with Nghe An province.
On this occasion, the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association of Nghe An province awarded Lao students with excellent academic achievements 10 scholarships worth 10 million VND.
National Day– National Assembly Television in Nghe An
