Vientiane (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung led adelegation to the headquarters of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) CentralCommittee’s Commission for External Relations on March 19 to congratulate the Party on its 65th founding anniversary.
At the meetinghosted by member of the LPRP Central Committee and head of the commissionSounthone Sayachak, Hung conveyed a letter of congratulations of the CommunistParty of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee to the LPRP Central Committee, and baskets offlowers of CPV General Secretary and President Nguyen PhuTrong to his Lao counterpart Bounnhang Vorachith, former Party Chairman andPresident Khamtay Siphandone, and former Party General Secretary and PresidentChoummaly Sayasone.
On this occasion,the Vietnamese diplomat also handed over a congratulary message of Hoang BinhQuan, member of the CPV Central Committee and head of its Commission forExternal Relations, to his Lao counterpart Sounthone Sayachak.
Thanking Vietnam for its congratulations, Sounthone Sayachak said that the Lao Party, State and people alwaysbear in mind the support by the Vietnamese side for the country’s achievements.
Laos will do itsutmost to consolidate and tighten the great friendship, special solidarity andcomprehensive cooperation between the two Parties and States and their people, she added.
Congratulating Laoson its achievements over the past 65 years under the leadership of the LPRP, Ambassador Hungsaid that cooperation between the two Parties over the past time is a decisivefactor for all victories of the two countries’ revolutions as well as theirnational building and development causes.
Vietnam consistentlyattaches importance to nurturing the bilateral relations, he affirmed, believingthat the two countries will overcome all difficulties and fulfil all setsocio-economic development targets./.