War veterans of Vientiane visit Ho Chi Minh City

Receiving the Lao guests, Nguyen Phuoc Loc, deputy secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, highly appreciated the results of cooperation between the War Veterans Association of Ho Chi Minh City and the War Veterans Association of Vientiane in the recent past.

He welcomed the guests’ working visit to the city which he said would contribute to concretizing the agreements of the leaders of the two Parties and the two States on further developing the special friendship between Vietnam and Laos.

Loc proposed that the two associations increase visit exchanges to share information and experiences in veterans’ affairs, especially in raising funds to support war veterans in difficulty to escape poverty and develop sustainable economic development.

Major General Phalom Linthong, who is also chairman of the War Veterans Association of Vientiane, thanked the leadership of Ho Chi Minh City for directing the local War Veterans Association to carry out effective cooperation and support activities for the Vientiane association in recent times.

He briefed his host on the results of a working session between the two associations, and expressed his desire to receive experience sharing and support from the Ho Chi Minh City War Veterans Association as well as relevant sectors of the city in realizing its action programme, especially in raising funds, developing businesses, supporting veteran members to reduce poverty, and building a strong association.