The Vietnam-UK Friendship Association in Hanoi held a friendship dance festival on November 25 to mark the 50th anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic relations.
The festival has the participation of 14 competition teams from junior high schools, high schools and universities belonging to the Vietnam - UK Friendship Associations.
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| The friendship dance festival has the participation of 14 competition teams from junior high schools, high schools and universities. |
Featuring performances by students from secondary schools, high schools, and universities affiliated with the association, the event aimed to foster the sides’ mutual cultural and artistic understanding and strengthen the relationship between their people.
The competing teams performed unique art performances, imbued with Vietnamese and UK culture, such as "Tu tinh" dance performance of the University of Culture Chapter; dance performance "Harmony Dance" of Dich Vong Middle School Chapter; and "War and Peace of Humanity" dance performance of the IVS International Vietnamese School Chapter.
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| The martial arts performance from the IVS school chapter. |
Marcus Winsley, Deputy Ambassador of the UK to Vietnam, affirmed over the past five decades, the Vietnam-UK ties have been continuously fortified and nurtured to thrive.
He also hopes that Hanoi's Vietnam - UK Friendship Association will continue to organize many activities to help the people of the two countries come closer together, contributing to building and developing deeper and more intimate friendly relations between the two countries.
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| The friendship dance festival creates an opportunity to further enhance cultural and artistic understanding between the two countries and the relationship between the two peoples. |
On September 11, 1973, the UK was one of the first Western countries to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam, which was still in the struggle for national independence and reunification.
The bilateral relationship has been continuously consolidated and enhanced, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Notably, after the elevation of the relationship to a strategic partnership in 2010, many important cooperation frameworks and mechanisms have been formed.
Q.Hoa t.h / Vietnamtimes
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