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Khammoune's leader pays pre-Tet visit to Quang Binh province

Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of Khammoune province of Laos Vanxay Phongsavanh visited and offered New Year wishes to leaders and people of the central Quang Binh province on January 25.
Khammoune's leader pays pre-Tet visit to Quang Binh province ảnh 1At the meeting (Photo: VNA)

Quang Binh (VNA) –Secretary of the PartyCommittee and Governor of Khammoune province of Laos Vanxay Phongsavanh visited andoffered New Year wishes to leaders and people of the central Quang Binhprovince on January 25.

On this occasion, Vanxay and Chairman of the Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee Tran Thang signed aMemorandum of Understanding on cooperation in building an ethnic boarding schoolin Khammoune. It is one of the seven projects funded by the VietnameseGovernment as gifts to Laos. Quang Binh province was assigned to work as the investor ofthe project.

Vanxay said in celebration ofthe 60th founding anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam – Laos Treaty of Amity andCooperation, Khammoune will direct departments and agencies to promptlycomplete the construction of the provincial vocational training school – a gift presented by the Vietnamese President to Laos, and speed up the building of the ethnic boarding school in theprovince.

Secretary of the Quang Binh Provincial Party Committee Vu Dai Thang wished that the Party Organisation, administration and people of Khammoune would continue creating favourableconditions for Quang Binh residents and enterprises to live and do business in the province.

Both sides expressed their high determinationto develop fraternal ties and help each other tap their own potential for furtherdevelopment./. 

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