Overseas Vietnamese in Laos confident in home country's future

Forty-eight years after the national reunification, the Vietnamese community in Laos have been proud of the country’s achievements in national development and external relations, and supported the Party and State’s policy regarding the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community.
Overseas Vietnamese in Laos confident in home country's future ảnh 1A view of Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Forty-eight years after the national reunification, the Vietnamese community in Laos have been proud ofthe country’s achievements in national development and external relations, and supportedthe Party and State’s policy regarding the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community.

Pham Van Hung, President of the VietnameseAssociation in Laos, attributed the country’s current success to the continuousand persistent efforts of the Party, State and people. He affirms that thecountry is on the right way to socialism and the proper “Doi Moi” (Renewal) policyand the Party’s leadership, he said.

He underlined that the country’s achievementslay the foundation for Vietnamese people’s confidence in the country’s futureof prosperous socialism and happiness.

Hung expressed his delight at the developmentof the ties between the two Parties and States of Vietnam and Laos, whichpractically benefit both peoples and contribute to the socio-economic developmentin each country.

He highly valued the great attention thatthe Party and State have given to the Vietnamese community in Laos, which,together with the OV community in general, is defined as an inseparable part ofthe national great solidarity bloc.

Tran Thi Hue, a 70-year-old OV in Laos,said that she always keeps in her mind the absolute trust in the leadership ofthe Party, State and Government of Vietnam, and appreciates the support thatVietnam has given to the Vietnamese community in Laos, especially in education.

She said that the construction of NguyenDu school, funded by the Vietnamese Government in 2005 in Vientiane, has provided agood education facility for Vietnamese and Lao students, giving them favourableconditions to study Vietnamese. Each year, Vietnam offers manyscholarships to children from the Vietnamese community in Laos.
         
Le Anh Duc, Vice President of theVietnamese Association in Vientiane, said that the Party and State of Vietnam havenot only given timely support and optimal conditions to the Vietnamesecommunity in Laos to live, study and work, but also backed Vietnamesebusinesses in operating and investing in the neighbouring country, thuscontributing to the economic development of both sides and deepening thespecial relations between Vietnam and Laos./.
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