A film week has been launched in the north-western province of Dien Bien to welcome the 2012 Vietnam-Laos Friendship Year.   

The event is part of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship and Cooperation Treaty.

Present at the launching ceremony on August 21 were many diplomats, officials and people of the two countries, as well as local ethnic minority people and Lao students in Dien Bien province.

Pham Van Hung, Director of the Dien Bien provincial Department for Culture, Tourism and Sports, said the film week highlights the traditional friendship and special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos in the past struggle against foreign invaders and the present process of national construction and defence.

Bilateral relations have been constantly developed and strengthened by generations of Vietnamese and Lao leaders and peoples, Hung stated.

The film week started with the screening of the Vietnamese film “Cau Ong Tuong” (Elephant Bridge) which brought Vietnamese and Lao people closer together in the past resistance war against American imperialists.

VOV Online