Addressing the opening of the event, Xaman Vinhaket, Party Politburo member and head of the Laotian Compilation Steering Committee, emphasised the great political, scientific and educational significance of the project.

He asked the participants to contribute their opinions to the project which is scheduled to be completed at the end of this year.

Laos’ Vice State President Bounhang Vorachit highlighted progress in the implementation of the project, calling on both sides to exert their utmost to complete the project on schedule to mark the two countries’ National Party Congresses.

For his part, Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Secretariat, stressed the importance of the compilation project, asking both sides to complete the work with the highest quality on par with the special friendship and solidarity between the two Parties, States and peoples.

To Huy Rua, Party Politburo member and head of the Vietnam Compilation Steering Committee, praised the two committees for their efforts to collect and compile dozens of thousands of materials, hundreds of photographs and documentary films and host a number of seminars and symposiums.

The Vietnamese Party official affirmed that the project has met the requirements of the two parties and asked the two countries’ committees and project offices to enhance cooperation and exchanges to make the project an example of the two countries’ special relationship.

He took the occasion to thank the two countries’ Party and State leaders, scientists, and former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers for their contributions to the project.

The conference also heard concrete schemes to remove the project’s difficulties.

Earlier, on the morning of the same day, the Vietnamese and Lao delegations paid floral tributes to and planted a souvenir tree at the Lao War Martyrs Monument in Saynhabuly province.

On this occasion, the Vietnam Bank for Industry and Development presented US$10,000, 50 sets of computers and 10,000 notebooks to Saynhabuly province.