Hanoi (VNA) – Lao Party General Secretary andState President Thongloun Sisoulith has thanked Vietnamese leaders for theirmessages of sympathies over the COVID-19 situation in Laos.
In a thank-you letter to Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong and State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Thongloun Sisoulith said the Vietnameseleaders’ messages have vividly demonstrated the great friendship, specialsolidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.
The Lao leader also highlighted Vietnam’s valuable,timely and effective support to Laos in personnel, medical supplies andmedicines, saying the assistance has significantly contributed to the pandemicfight in his country.
“We always keep a close watch on the COVID-19situation in Vietnam, and highly value the measures taken by the VietnameseParty and government to contain the pandemic,” he said.
Vietnam is one of the countries that have reaped greatsuccesses in COVID-19 prevention and control which have been lauded by theinternational community, the Lao leader continued.
“We believe that under the leadership of the CommunityParty of Vietnam and with the great national unity bloc, Vietnam will beat COVID-19,”he said, pledging that Laos will closely cooperate with Vietnam to win over thepandemic./.
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