Lao Front marks 60th founding anniversary

A ceremony was held in the capital city of Vientiane on August 13 to celebrate the 60 th founding anniversary of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) (August 13).
A ceremony was held in the capital city of Vientiane on August 13 tocelebrate the 60 th founding anniversary of the Lao Front for NationalConstruction (LFNC) (August 13).

Present at theceremony were Party General Secretary and State President ChummalySayasone, National Assembly Chairman Thongsinh Thammavong, PrimeMinister Bouasone Buphavanh and other senior Party and State officialsof Laos .

President of the Vietnam FatherlandFront Central Committee (VFFCC), Huynh Dam, and the VietnameseAmbassador to Laos , Ta Minh Chau, also attended the event.

President Chummaly Sayasone applauded the achievements the LFNC hasrecorded over the past six decades. He emphasised that the LFNC needs touphold its leading role in gathering the Lao people to strengthensolidarity, both domestically and internationally, to realise the goalof speeding up national modernisation and industrialisation and liftingLaos out of the undeveloped status by 2020 as set by the 8 th PartyNational Congress.

President of the LFNC CentralCommittee Sisavath Keobounphan recalled the 60-year-old glorioustradition of the LFNC, affirming that it would continue to uphold thespirit of great national unity, consistently follow the Party’sguideline, and encourage the Lao people to engage in the cause ofnational construction and defence.

VFFCC PresidentHuynh Dam said the people and the Fatherland Front of Vietnam are alwaysproud of the traditional solidarity, special friendship andcomprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, States and peoplesthat have been nurtured by President Ho Chi Minh, President KaysonPhomvihan and generations of leaders and people of Vietnam and Laos.

Bilateral cooperation between the two Frontshave also brought practical results to both sides, Dam said, adding thatVietnam would spare no efforts to elevate the solidarity, specialfriendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations.

On this occasion, the LFNC Central Committee was honoured with aGolden Star Order – the highest award conferred by the VietnameseState .

A day earlier, 14 officials of the LFNCCentral Committee were presented with the Friendship Order bestowed bythe Vietnamese State and the insignia “For the cause of nationalsolidarity” awarded by the VFFCC. The LFNC Central Committee alsogranted its insignia to a number of leaders and officials of the VFFCC./.

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