This was confirmed at a four-day meeting that closed on May 1 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The three countries’ delegates suggested the organisation of “Green Summer” in which Vietnamese youths take part in voluntary activities in Laos and Cambodia and vice versa.

They also proposed their governments and ministries of education and training set up a common university to offer training in Vietnamese, Lao and Thai languages, culture, society, medical care and information technology and mobilise the three countries’ businesses to involve in these programmes.

Within the framework of the meeting, the three countries’ delegates were received by State President Nguyen Minh Triet and met former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, officials and experts who had worked and fought in Laos and Cambodia.

They also met international friends who were in HCM City for the 35th anniversary of the liberation of Southern Vietnam and national reunification and toured a number of socio-economic establishments and landscapes in HCM City and the southern coastal city of Vung Tau.