China study tour impresses Vietnamese youths

Project set to strengthen the friendship between the two countries

Vietnamese participants of the study tour pose on Friendship Gate in Pingxiang, which is located on the border between China and Vietnam, on May 21. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY

It was a tearful farewell at Friendship Gate in Pingxiang, southern China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, as 75 Vietnamese youth representatives hugged their Chinese counterparts and staff members of the receiving party. The visitors were set to return home after finishing a weeklong educational study tour of the region and the neighboring Guangdong province.

The group visited several of China's "Red tourism" sites — locations with historical and cultural significance for the Communist Party of China — in Guangxi, which borders Vietnam, and Guangdong.