Lao newspapers highlight Vietnam’s National Day
Major Lao newspapers ran articles featuring Vietnam’s multifaceted achievements and the special relations between the two nations on the occasion of Vietnam’s 68th National Day (September 2).
Pasason, Pathet Lao, KPL News, Vientiane Times and Lao Phattahana frontpaged the congratulations of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President Chummaly Sayasone, Prime Minister Thoongsinh Thammavong and National Assembly Chairwoman Pani Dathotu.
They asserted the firm development of the Vietnam-Laos special relationship in the interest of the two peoples and for regional and global peace, development and cooperation.Pasason, the official organ of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, recounted the historic August Revolution and printed a photo of President Ho Chi Minh reading the Declaration of Independence on September 2 to mark the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
The newspapers reiterated that the two countries’ special friendship and solidarity, which were formed and fostered by President Ho Chi Minh and his Lao counterparts Kayson Phomvihane and Souphanuvong, as well as their successors and peoples, have become a shared asset of the two nations that needs to be preserved and promoted in the future.