The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held its annual Friendship Melodies programme at Suoi Tien Cultural Tourism Park on June 27, bringing together local residents and international friends to celebrate cultural diversity and strengthen people-to-people ties.

The third edition of the “Melodies of Friendship” international cultural festival was held in Artyom city of Russia’s Primorye region on June 23, bringing together various ethnic communities to celebrate cultural diversity in the country’s Far East.