The 2007 Cong Chieng (Gong) Festival finished in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak on November 24, leaving a good impression on local ethnic minority people and visitors.

In his closing speech, Lu Ngoc Cu, Chairman of the Dak Lak provincial People’s Committee, declared the success of the four-day festival, saying that “the event has helped honour and promote the distinctive cultural values of the gong in relation to the long history of ethnic minority groups living along the Truong Son Mountain Range and in the Central Highlands”. He also said the festival has helped promote cultural exchanges and strengthen solidarity between ethnic groups and between Vietnam and other countries.