Party, State leaders join Lao traditional festival

Vietnamese Party and State leaders joined the celebration of the Lao traditional festival Bunpimay held at the Lao embassy in Hanoi on April 6.
Party, State leaders join Lao traditional festival ảnh 1Party, State leaders join Lao traditional festival(Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Party andState leaders joined the celebration of the Lao traditional festival Bunpimayheld at the Lao embassy in Hanoi on April 6.

Prominent among them were Politburo member,permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, and head of thecommittee’s Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai; Politburo member andChairman of the Central Theory Council Nguyen Xuan Thang; Deputy Prime MinisterTran Luu Quang; and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

On behalf of the Party and State leaders andthe people of Vietnam, Thang extended the best wishes to the fraternal Partyand State leaders and people of Laos; congratulated them on their achievementsrecorded over the recent years; and expressed belief on their further successesin their national building.

The official stressed the two countries enjoy specialand unique relationship in the world, and that the great friendship, specialsolidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between them will continue todevelop.

Now as before, the Party, State, and people aredetermined to join their Lao counterparts in maintaining and developing thoserelations, Thang said.

Lao Ambassador Khamphao Ernthavanh stressedthe Vietnamese delegation’s participation in the celebration manifests thecomradeship, fraternity and special relations between the two countries.

Congratulating Vietnam on its recent achievements,the diplomat expressed his belief that under the leadership of the CommunistParty of Vietnam, the fraternal Vietnamese people will reach their target ofbecoming a developed and high-income country by 2045.

She also expressed gratitude to the Party,State, and people of Vietnam to their Lao counterparts in its past nationalliberation and current national construction and defence.

The two Parties and Sates will continuetightening the Laos – Vietnam great friendship, special solidarity, andcomprehensive cooperation despite the complex development of the world andregional situation in the recent past, the diplomat affirmed./.
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