The three-day North East India Festival (NEIF) to advertise the Act East Policy will start right here on Friday with stakeholders from each India and Vietnam holding discussions on bilateral commerce and tourism.

The inaugural session of the third version of the competition can be hosted by the Consul General of India Madan Mohan Sethi, NEIF’s Chief Organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta advised PTI.

It will carry important stakeholders from each the international locations, Mahanta mentioned.

The competition, being held on the twenty third September Park right here, is aimed to determine deeper ties between India and Vietnam by enterprise, artwork and tradition, he mentioned.

The Consul General mentioned that the competition constitutes a various array of actions, together with commerce, tourism and tutorial classes that may facilitate enterprise and tutorial linkages between India and Vietnam.

”This occasion exemplifies our collective endeavour to bridge North East India with Vietnam by commerce, tourism and people-to-people exchanges, aligning with the Act East Policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Sethi mentioned.

The competition, organised in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, seeks to take ahead the Act East Policy by specializing in commerce, tourism, cultural and tutorial exchanges, Mahanta mentioned.

The DONER (Development of North Eastern Region) ministry will organise a gathering on tourism and facilitate interactions between tour operators from North East India and their Vietnamese counterparts, he mentioned.

A gathering on commerce may even be held underneath the aegis of Invest India to showcase North East as a horny vacation spot for investments, tourism and bilateral commerce, he mentioned.

A people-to-people trade assembly may even be held to supply a platform for students, academicians and historians from North East India to interact with their Vietnamese counterparts, he mentioned.

”NEIF has efficiently opened up new vistas in India’s relationship with South East Asia, due to the substantial assist of the federal government of India”, Mahanta mentioned.

The overwhelming assist from the state governments of North East area has additionally helped in organising the nation’s largest occasion in South East Asia and ”translate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient on Act East Policy into motion”, he added The competition will host varied exhibitions, together with ‘Incredible India’ locations, textiles, state-specific exhibition zones representing varied Northeastern states, tea trade amongst others.

The occasion’s leisure line-up will characteristic an array of cultural performances, together with vibrant folks dances from North East India, rock bands from each international locations and trend reveals by designers from the area.

Leading designers Sanghamitra Phukan, Bidyut-Rakesh, Manjushree Saikia, Yana Ngoba, Hasina Kharbih, Iba Mallai amongst others will showcase their works.

The trend present will characteristic fashions from Vietnam, Mahanta mentioned.

Musical performances by TaFMA (Task Force for Music and Arts) from Nagaland, The Fantastic Company (TFS), Bright Lights, guitar prodigy Imnainla Jamir, Trance Effect, Okay L Pamei and the favored band from Meghalaya ‘Summersalt’ may even be held on the event.

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