The second Vietnam-India people’s friendship festival is being organised today in Hanoi and then Ho Chi Minh City from August 13-15, following the first in India last year.

Co-organised by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-India Friendship Association, the festival aims to celebrate the 61st anniversary of India’s National Day and the one-year old joint statement on strategic partnership between the two countries.

A 55-strong delegation from India is scheduled to pay a visit to Vietnam and work with the National Assembly, the Ho Chi Minh National Political-Administrative Academy, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Water Resources University.

The Indian guests will also have working sessions with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, the Vietnam Women’s Union, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, and the Vietnam Opera-Ballet Theatre.

In Ho Chi Minh City, they will visit the War Remnants Museum and Cu Chi tunnels, and meet with representatives of the business circles from India and Vietnam. (VNA)