60th anniversary of Vietnam-Laos ties marked in HCM City

Upon addressing the event, Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, reviewed the close ties that have existed between the two countries throughout history, as well as the great solidarity and the rare loyal friendship between both sides.

Nen said that over the past 45 years, the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation has served as an important foundation and framework in which both nations can come together to expand and deepen their friendship and all-round partnership.

Over the past six decades, despite changes occurring in the global situation and international relations, the brotherhood, sincere friendship, loyal comradeship, and great solidarity of the two Parties, countries, and peoples has grown strongly, he said.

Nen therefore expressed belief that the partnership between both countries in general and the collaboration between Ho Chi Minh City and Laotian localities in particular will continue to be prosperous.

On behalf of Laotian localities, Governor of Savannakhet province Santiphap Phomvihan affirmed that the ties between Vietnam and Laos, founded and fostered by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kaysone Phomvihane, have grown to become a priceless asset. Indeed, they are an existence and development rule of both countries and a decisive factor of the success of the revolution in each respective nation.

The Party, State, and people of Laos continues to remember that on every battlefield throughout Laos there is the sweat and blood of Vietnamese experts and volunteer soldiers mixed with the blood and sweat of Laotian soldiers and people, he said.

The same day also saw the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association of Hanoi convene its fifth congress for the 2022 to 2027 tenure. The congress elected a standing board with 35 members led by Chu Hong Minh, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Hanoi.