A delegation of the Lao People’s Army Air Force and Air Defence Department of, led by its deputy head Colonel Khamphat Mahaxay, is on a visit to Vietnam.

The delegation was received in Hanoi on Dec. 27 by Lieut-Gen. Tran Quang Khue, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, who highlighted the special solidarity between the two armies under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party.

Cooperation in national defence in general and in air force and air defence in particular has been implemented in many aspects, contributing to strengthening friendship between the two countries and the two armies, he said.

Colonel Khamphat Mahaxay said the current visit to Vietnam is an opportunity for the Lao delegation to learn about experiences in training, technology and air force and air defence-related works from the Vietnamese counterpart./.