Representatives of Vietnamese people in Laos offer incense to commemorate martyrs at the Laos-Vietnam Fighting Alliance monument (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The VietnameseEmbassy and Vietnamese people in Laos offered incense to heroic martyrs at theLaos-Vietnam Fighting Alliance monument in Keun village of Thoulakhom district,Laos’s Vientiane province, on July 23.
The activity took place ahead of the 70thanniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day of Vietnam (July 27, 1947).
It saw the participation of representatives ofthe Vietnamese Embassy, the associations of Vietnamese people in Laos, theAssociation of Vietnamese Investors in Laos, the Vientiane provincialadministration, and the Lao War Veterans’ Association.
Addressing the ceremony, Vietnamese AmbassadorNguyen Ba Hung said the two countries are celebrating 55 years of theestablishment of their diplomatic ties and 40 years of the signing of theVietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.
Countless Vietnamese and Lao soldiers laid downtheir lives for the countries’ peace, independence and special relationship, hesaid, adding that those enormous sacrifices nurtured peace and aspiration andcreated the close-knit solidarity between the two countries.
[Ceremony grants certificates honouring 498 fallen soldiers]
He pledged that younger generations of bothnations will make all-out efforts to promote that special relationship anddevelop their respective countries.
Located about 70km to the north of Vientianecapital city, the Laos-Vietnam Fighting Alliance monument in Keun village wasbuilt by the Lao War Veterans’ Association and the Vietnamese community in thecountry. It is meant to commemorate 28 soldiers of the Laos-Vietnam FightingAlliance who died while protecting Vientiane capital in early 1946.-VNA
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