 More than 15,000 citizens from the
Indian coastal city Puducherry attended the opening of the 5th Vietnam- India
Cultural Festival opened on December 16.
The four-day event was jointly held
by the India-Vietnam and Vietnam-India Friendship Associations and the All-India
Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO).
AIPSO General Secretary Palap
Sengupta believed that the festival will be successful and actively help promote
mutual understanding between the two peoples and strengthen the two countries’
relationship.
The Vietnam Union of Friendship
Organizations’ (VUFO) General Secretary Nguyen Thi Hoang Van thanked the Indian
people for their great support and assistance to Vietnam during its course of
national liberation and construction.
She said that the festival is an
important event to celebrate the 2012 Vietnam-India Friendship Year, the 40th
anniversary of their diplomatic ties (January 7th) and fifth anniversary of
their strategic partnership (July 6th).
More than 20 performances by
Vietnamese and Indian artists featuring Vietnam’s land and people, late
President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam-India received thunderous applauds from the
participants and millions of Indian television viewers.
The same day, the Vietnamese
delegation met with meetings with the city Mayor Rangagsamy and representatives
from the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the AIPSO.
They highlighted the traditional
ties of Vietnam-India relationship fostered by the late President Ho Chi Minh
and the late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neru.
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