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Ho Chi Minh song contest launched in Laos

VIENTINE ,05 APRIL (KPL) - Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Lao Culture and Information Ministry on April 2 jointly launched a contest on composing songs about Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh in Laos.
The contest was held in celebration of the 120th anniversary of the late Vietnamese leader’s birthday (May 19).
Amateur and professional composers holding Lao nationality can send in their works in the Vietnamese or Lao language from April 2 till the end of May.
The winners will be announced in early June.
According to the contest’s organising board, the contest is a good opportunity for Lao artists to express their sentiments toward President Ho Chi Minh, the symbol of Vietnamese heroism and the person who made the great contributions fostering the special friendship between Vietnam and Laos.

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