Linked by rivers and mountains China and the five Mekong countries are cooperative partner and close friends. Their friendship has been passed on from generation to generation. Today we will enjoy a Lao song Lancang and Mekong, A River of Friendship

　　given by singer Kai Overdance. We believe the soothing melody will take us to exotic land and catch charm of Lao songs.

　　Lancang and Mekong, A River of Friendship

　　Composer/Lyricist: Vilayphone vongphachanh(Laos)

　　Singer: Kay overdance (Laos)

　　Chinese Translation: He Bin, Hua Chunmei, Zhao Xiaohong

　　English Translation: Liu Yan

　　This land of glory and beauty, with its rivers deep and mountains high, imposing as can be

　　Hand in hand, we build it to greater heights, and the land remains serene and safe

　　The Lancang River in China

　　Originates in Qinghai and Tibet, and passes through Xishuangbanna in Yunnan

　　On to Myanmar, Laos and Thailand

　　And is known as the Mekong River in Southeast Asia

　　It nurses the masses, and helps extend the blood line

　　It crosses Vietnam and Cambodia, moving south until it flows into the sea

　　This is a river of friendship, a river of charm

　　Lancang and Mekong, linking hands and hearts, forever and always