Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of theHo Chi Minh City People’s Committee Huynh Cach Mang said that the bilateral friendshipwas founded by late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh and his Lao counterpartKaysone Phomvihane and has been nurtured by generations of Party and Stateleaders and peoples.
The relations are a precious asset and animportant factor for each country’s revolutionary triumph and development, heaffirmed.
The official, who is also President of theVietnam-Laos Friendship Association’s Ho Chi Minh City chapter, said that theexhibition and the launch of a children’s reading room at the library of theXiang Khouang province are gifts from the city to Xiang Khouang, thus helpingthe two peoples understand more about the close relationship between the twocountries.
The library of the Xiang Khouang province wasa gift from former Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and was constructed byHo Chi Minh City and the Lao province.-VNA
