Celebration of the 45th anniversary of the National Day of Lao PDR

Thursday - 03/12/2020 07:46

On the afternoon of December 01st, 2020, in Quy Nhon City, the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association of Binh Dinh province organized the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the National Day of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (December 02nd, 1975 - December 02nd, 2020). The event was attended by Mr. Nguyen Phi Long, Vice Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee; Mr. Huynh Thanh Xuan, member of the Standing Bureau of the Provincial Party Committee, head of the Commission for Popularization and Education of the Provincial Party Committee and former chairman of the Vietnam -Laos Friendship Association of the province; Ms. Nguyen Thi Phong Vu, member of the Standing Bureau of the Provincial Party Committee, head of the Commission for Mass Mobilization of the Provincial Party Committee, chairwoman of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front Committee of the province and chairwoman of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association of the province and 117 Laotian students studying in Binh Dinh province.

Celebration of the 45th anniversary of the National Day of Lao PDR

Mr. Nguyen Phi Long, Vice Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee
and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee speaking at the event

Speaking at the event, Mr. Nguyen Phi Long, Vice Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee affirmed that in the past time, Binh Dinh province had the comprehensive relation of cooperation and support in all of the socio-economic sectors and assured the national defence and security with four Southern provinces of Laos (Attapue, Champasak, Salavan and Sekong), in which the province trained hundreds of pupils and students for the Southern provinces of Laos. He hoped that the youth of Vietnam and the youth of Laos continued to maintain and further promote the tradition of special Vietnam - Laos friendship solidarity; promote the activities of exchange and support in the fields of study, scientific research, culture, contributing to further development of the friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos

On behalf of 117 Laotian students studying in Binh Dinh province, Soulisak Sengbandith expressed the sincere gratitude to the leaders of Binh Dinh province for creating the best conditions for them during their time in the province and promised to study and practice well so that they wouldl return home and contribute to the construction of their homeland and country and the nurture of the good traditional friendship relation between Vietnam and Laos.

On the occasion, the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association of the province granted 10 scholarships (VND 01 million per scholarship) to the Laotian students that recorded excellent achievements in their studies and practice and 117 gifts to all of the students studying in Binh Dinh province.

At the celebration, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phong Vu, member of the Standing Bureau of the Provincial Party Committee, head of the Commission for Mass Mobilization of the Provincial Party Committee, chairwoman of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front Committee of the province and chairwoman of the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association of the province reviewed the good tradition of the Vietnam - Laos special friendship and solidarity relation in the past time. It is an exemplary, faithful, pure, and rare relation established by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kaysone Phomvihane, preserved and developed by the generations of leaders of the two Parties, States and people of the two countries. In Binh Dinh province, the activities of the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association of the province have contributed to the consolidation of the special friendship and solidarity relation and the comprehensive cooperation between the people of Vietnam and Laos in general and Binh Dinh province and the Southern provinces of Laos in particular.

Author: Ngoc Xuan