In the meeting with Vice President of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), the Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong expressed his desire of striving for friendly relations between the two sides in the spirit of sixteen gold letters and four good letters.

During the second day of his official visit to China, Chairman of VUFO Vu Xuan Hong had a meeting with Vice Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

In the atmosphere of passionate friendship, the leaders of TAR introduced the history of the Tibetan areas. Appreciating the importance of the two-way relations, Vice Chairman of TAR hoped the two sides will have more practical activities such as tourism promotion and exchange of experience on public diplomacy activities.

Native people introduced the Norbulingka to Chairman Vu Xuan Hong

Chairman Vu Xuan Hong thanked the Vice Chairman and the people of Tibet for their affection to Vietnam. Chairman also recognized and appreciated the achievements that Tibet had gained in recent years.

Emphasizing the spirit of sixteen gold letters and four good letters, Chairman Vu Xuan Hong expressed his desire of striving for good relations between the two sides.

Earlier, the delegation had visited Pololinka, the Buddhism preservation centre of Tibet, one of the purest lands of Tibetan Buddhism.

The delegation of VUFO visiting the house of an ethnic Tibetan

In addition, Chairman Vu Xuan Hong and the delegation also visited a family of ethnic Tibetan farmers. When learning that there was a Vietnamese delegation coming to visit, the Tibetan family was very touched.

Here, in an atmosphere of intimacy, Chairman Vu Xuan Hong introduced about Vietnam, about the good policy for ethnic minorities in Vietnam.

Chairman Vu Hoang Hong stressed that Tibet gaining its achievements today is thanks to the great efforts of the Party and the Government of China. Famers here should promote the available conditions to develop tourism and increase income besides agriculture.

Chairman performed an ethnic Tibetan ritual for good luck

In response to the sentiments of the delegation, the family treated the Chairman and the delegation to regional specialties such as butter milk tea, beef, ginseng and expressed best wishes for the Chairman’s visit to Tibet.

The Tibetan family took a souvenir photograph with the delegation

Also on the 2^nd working day in China, Chairman Vu Xuan Hong and the delegation visited and worked at Sera Temple, one of the three largest monasteries of Lhasa. After listening to the monastery’s monks present an introduction of the formation history and Buddhist figures worshipped, Chairman Vu Xuan Hong shared the basics of Buddhism in Vietnam, the architecture of the temple.

Vice Chairman of TAR presented gifts to Chairman Vu Xuan Hong

Chairman Vu Xuan Hong presented souvenirs to Vice Chairman of TAR

According to the Chairman, though the appearance of Buddhist figures is different in different countries, their spirit towards goodness is invariable. Responding to Chairman Vu Xuan Hong’s wish for the growing monastery, the monastery’s monk blessed the delegation with good luck and expressed his desire of having other opportunities to further talk about Buddhism./.

Hong Son ( Translated by Ha Thuong )