Lao, Cambodian parties congratulate Communist Party of Vietnam on 91st anniversary

The Central Committees of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) have extended congratulations to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on the CPV’s 91st founding anniversary (February 3, 1930 - 2021).
Lao, Cambodian parties congratulate Communist Party of Vietnam on 91st anniversary ảnh 1Decorations inside the National Convention Centre in Hanoi, where the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam took place from January 25 to February 1 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Central Committees of the LaoPeople’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) have extended congratulations to the Central Committee of the Communist Party ofVietnam (CPV) on the CPV’s 91st founding anniversary (February 3, 1930 - 2021).

In its message, the LPRP Central Committee wrote that theestablishment of the CPV, founded and trained by President Ho Chi Minh, was a historicturning point of the Vietnamese revolution.

Since its inception, the CPV has set out sound guidelines andpolicies matching each revolutionary period and led the Vietnamese people to gloriousvictories in the struggle for national independence and reunification, as wellas great achievements in national construction and defence, especially the successes secured during the 35 years of “Doi moi” (Renewal) initiated andled by the CPV, it said.

“The LPRP wishes to extend warm congratulations on the hugeand comprehensive achievements and successes that the CPV has gained over thelast 91 years, especially the highly successful 13th National PartyCongress. We firmly believe that under the leadership of the CPV, headed byGeneral Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, the Vietnamese peoplewill continue obtaining even greater achievements and successfully implementthe 13th National Party Congress’s resolution.”

The LPRP Central Committee also expressed its pride that the Laos - Vietnam special solidarity, nurtured by great and beloved Presidents HoChi Minh, Kaysone Phomvihane, and Souphanouvong and tested by the “fire ofrevolution”, has become a valuable common asset, the rule of existence anddevelopment of both nations, and one of the decisive factors in the success ofeach country’s revolution, which has continued to be intensified bothextensively and intensively in all areas.

The Lao Party, State, and people will do their utmost toprotect, maintain, and nurture the Laos - Vietnam relations for the sake of thetwo nations' people, as well as for peace, friendship, and cooperation in the regionand the world, the message read.

It added that the Party, State, and people of Laos alsoacknowledge their Vietnamese counterparts’ consistent precious, great,effective, and timely support and assistance for their country’s revolutionthroughout history.

For its part, the CPP Central Committee congratulated andhighly valued the enormous accomplishments that the Vietnamese Party, State,and people have gained in the recent past.

It also voiced its delight at the unceasing development ofthe traditional friendship, solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the twoParties, States, and people of Cambodia and Vietnam.

The CPP affirmed the resolve to keep developing therelations between the two countries in accordance with the motto “good neighbourliness,traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long-term sustainability”,expressing its belief that under the CPV’s sound and clear-sighted leadership,the Vietnamese people will reap new and greater achievements andsuccessfully carry out the 13th National Party Congress’s Resolution.

It also wished the CPV more successes in national industrialisationand modernisation, and hoped for the continued enhancement of traditional friendship,solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, States,and people of Cambodia and Vietnam.

On this occasion, Sounthon Xayachak,Secretary of the LPRP Central Committee and Chairwoman of the LPRP CentralCommittee’s Commission for External Relations extended congratulations to HoangBinh Quan, Chairman of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations./.
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