HCM City delegation visits Laos to boost partnership
HCM City (VNA) – Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tat Thanh Cang on July 25 met with Bounthong Divixay, Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of Laos’ Champasak province, as part of his ongoing visit to Laos.
Cang said that his visit aims to foster friendship and cooperation
between HCM City and Champasak and other Lao localities.
It also marks 40 years since the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of
Amity and Cooperation and the 55th anniversary of bilateral
diplomatic relations, he said.
He expressed hope that the two localities will strengthen experience exchange
in Party and People’s Council building, contributing to boosting ties between
the two localities and countries.
For his part, Divixay noted that the partnership between HCM City and Champasak
has been fruitful, with HCM City providing 630 scholarships to Champasak,
supporting the province in developing a medicine factory project and assisting locals
affected by natural disasters.
He said he believes ties between the two localities and the two
countries will go from strength to strength.
The same day, Cang and the Ho Chi Minh City delegation attended the
opening ceremony of the Ho Chi Minh City Days in Champasak 2017.-VNA