Vietnamese students organise ASEAN-China Cultural day in UK
The essence of Vietnamese culture was presented at an ASEAN-China Cultural Day recently held in the British city of Glasgow by the local Vietnamese Student Association (Vietsoc).
The essence of Vietnamese culture was presented at an ASEAN-ChinaCultural Day recently held in the British city of Glasgow by the localVietnamese Student Association (Vietsoc).
The eventwas part of a special diversity week hosted by Strathclyde Universityto celebrate cultural differences, said Luong Thi Thuy Linh from theorganisation board.
Traditional costumes, culturalperformances, cuisine and handicrafts were featured at the occasion,drawing particular attention, said Hoang Ngoc Tram, Vietsoc GlasgowPresident.
According to Linh, Naseem Anwar, theuniversity’s Equality and Diversity Manager, expressed his pleasure withthe Vietnamese delegation’s performance, and said that the universityis willing to help organise another cultural day for Vietnamese studentsin the future.
The event was attended by theVietnamese Ambassador to the UK, Nguyen Van Thao, and delegations fromfour other participating regional Asian countries; China, Thailand,Singapore and Indonesia.-VNA
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