Bustling atmosphere at Nguyen Tat Thanh University to celebrate the traditional New Year for Laos and Cambodian students

Bustling atmosphere at Nguyen Tat Thanh University to celebrate the traditional New Year for Laos and Cambodian students

On the morning of April 12, 2021, hundreds of Laos and Cambodian students studying at Nguyen Tat Thanh University (NTTU) celebrated the traditional New Year – Bunpimay (Laos) and Chol Chnam Thmay (Cambodia).

Members of the University’s Council, the Board of Presidents, lecturers, staff and more than 100 Laos and Cambodian students studying at Nguyen Tat Thanh University joined this traditional New Year event.

During the Bunpimay and Chol Chnam Thmay event this year, NTTU held a cooking competition for Vietnamese – Laos – Cambodian students with a variety of Vietnamese dishes and iconic dishes around the world. With the participant’s experienced cooking skills, after only 60 minutes, all the teams finished their well-decorated and delicious dishes and presented to the judges.

Vietnamese – Lao – Cambodian students take part in cooking contest

In addition, NTTU students, together with Laos and Cambodian students delivered arts performances to the event participants. Students of the two countries also presented interesting and unique performances representing their culture through traditional dances. This contributes to tightening the relationship between students from the three countries, facilitating the process of cultural integration with Vietnamese culture that could support Laos and Cambodian students while researching and studying at NTTU.

Students perform excellent cultural performances of each country

Board of Rectors give awards and souvenirs for Lao and Cambodian students

Celebrating the traditional New Year is one of many activities which aims to support and create favourable conditions for Laos and Cambodian students to complete their study programs. From 2015 to 2019, NTTU received a total of 142 international students, including 98 Laos students, 44 Cambodian students studying bachelor and master’s degrees. In order to support international students, NTTU grants a range of international student scholarships, provides accommodation, organizes social events and student activities, such as cultural exchange programs, sports events, celebrations of Holidays – New Year, extracurricular clubs for international students to exchange and practice Vietnamese. Hopefully, these supports will facilitate students to adapt well and complete their learning goals. Meanwhile, this can be considered as a contributor to the development of high quality human resources for Vietnam’s neighbouring countries, further tightening long-lasting friendship amongst Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.