austraLasia #2869

Theology students from Vietnam visit Cambodia

SIHANOUKVILLE: 9 June 2011 -- The students and superiors of the Salesian Theologate from Vietnam decided to take their holidays in Cambodia and visit the Don Bosco schools and communities in this Kingdom. Father John Baptist Nguyễn Văn Thêm, the Rector at the theologate, led the delegation and this morning stood before the educational community at Don Bosco Technical School, Sihanoukville, reminding them that their Cambodian smiles displayed something of the good spirit in the country.
    The students of theology, and other Salesian priests and brothers arrived the day previously from Vietnam by bus in a journey that took them from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh then on to Sihanoukville. They stayed at the Don Bosco Hotel School and this morning received the welcoming attention of the educational community.
    '"You are sons of Don Bosco, welcome to your own house. Make a lot of friends in Cambodia", said Ouer Solin, a web development student in Sihanoukville.
    A group of children from the Don Bosco Childrens Fund, an organisation that provides support for poor children to go back to school, performed two traditional Khmer dances with musical accompaniment from the technical students.
    The Vietnamese delegation will travel tomorrow to Siem Reap where they will see the Angkorian temples and then they will return to Vietnam, a country with a solid number of Salesian vocations for the Church.

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