Vietnam, Laos further enhance traditional friendship
Representatives of the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association and the Kaysone Phomvihane and Souphanouvong Museums are paying a working visit to Vietnam from December 24-30.
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The Vietnam-Laos FriendshipAssociation oganised a get-together in Hanoi on December 27 between the Laodelegation and Vietnamese who once served late Presidents of Laos KaysonePhomvihane and Souphanouvong.
The Lao delegation was taskedwith collecting documents to prepare for the celebrations of the 110th and 100th birth anniversaries of President Kaysone Phomvihane (July13, 1909-2019) and President Souphanouvong (December 13, 1920-2020).
At the get-together, Maj. Gen.Huynh Dac Huong, head of the national Liaison Committee forVietnamese Volunteer soldiers and Military Experts in Laos, recalled his memorieswith President Kaysone Phomvihane during his time in the neighbouringcountry.
Huong, who was head of theexperts delegation and commissar of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers in Laos, toldparticipants that at a meeting to review the outcomes of the UpperLaos Campaign in May 1970, President Kaysone Phomvihane reiteratedthe unstoppable power of the combat solidarity between the Vietnamese and Lao Parties,people, and armed forces. The campaign aimed to liberate Sam Neua in Laos’Houaphan province and was a symbol of the Vietnam-Laos combat alliance.
Huong said Vietnamese volunteer soldiers andforces of the Vietnam People’s Army were proud to fight side by side with theLao army during the country’s past struggle for national independence.
Participants at the meeting highlighted theirbelief that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the LaoPeople's Revolutionary Party, the younger generations of both nations willcontinue fostering their traditional friendship, special solidarity, andcomprehensive cooperation.
Thongvanh Thongdy, a representative from the KaysonePhomvihane Museum, said the Lao delegation has so far visited a series oflocations in Son La and Tuyen Quang, where President Kaysone Phomvihane oncehad revolutionary activities in Vietnam.
He said these visits and thegathering have helped the Lao delegates gain better understanding about theirlate president’s revolutionary activties in Vietnam and the close ties betweenthe two countries.-VNA
The Vietnam-Laos revolutionary historical relic site was inaugurated in the north-western province of Son La on July 6 in the presence of Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou.
A scientific workshop featuring Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts on Vietnamese revolution and Kaysone Phomvihane’s thoughts on Lao revolution took place in Vientiane on August 30.
An exhibition highlighting the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos opened on at Kaysone Phomvihane Museum in Vientiane, Laos.
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