Lao newspapers hail Laos – Vietnam fighting alliance
Vientiane (VNA) – The Lao newspapers on
July 27 published articles featuring Laos – Vietnam fighting alliance and great
dedication made by Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts in Laos, on the
occasion of the 74th anniversary of Day of Invalids and Martyrs
(July 27).
The Pathet Lao newspaper of the Lao News Agency ran an article entitled “Laos – Vietnam fighting alliance, symbol of great
friendship”.
According to the article, Vietnam and Laos are two neighbouring
countries with traditional relationship and special solidarity founded by
Presidents Ho Chi Minh, Kaysone Phomvihane and Suphanouvong and
nurtured by generations of the two Parties and States’ leaders and peoples,
becoming an invaluable asset of the two peoples and one of the factors deciding
on the prosperity of the two nations.
The Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts
endured innumberable hardships and challenges to accomplish assigned tasks,
gaining the ultimate victory together with Lao armed forces and people during
resistance wars against French colonialists and American imperialists from 1945
to 1975.
The article affirmed that the Lao Party and
State presented noble distinctions to Vietnamese individuals and organisations
working as voluntary soldiers and experts in honour of their merit service to
the nation.
Concluding the article, the newspaper stressed that great dedication
by Vietnamese officials, voluntary soldiers and experts made important contributions
to building and consolidating great friendship between the two nations and
armies.
Meanwhile, the Pasaxon newspaper, an official organ of the Lao People’s
Revolutionary Party, also hailed the Laos – Vietnam fighting alliance as a
symbol of strong will and determination to fight for independence, freedom,
peace and justice.
It emphasised that a number of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and
experts laid down their lives in Laos to
bring peace and freedom to the two peoples./.