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Son La-funded park in Lao province inaugurated

A friendship park project funded by the Party Committee and authorities of the northwestern province of Son La was inaugurated at a ceremony in Laos’s Xaysomboun province on January 7.
Son La-funded park in Lao province inaugurated ảnh 1Participants at the innauguration ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
Vientiane (VNA) – A friendshippark project funded by the Party Committee and authorities of the northwesternprovince of Son La was inaugurated at a ceremony in Laos’s Xaysomboun province onJanuary 7.

Addressing the event, Thongsavanh Phosalath, Director of the Departmentof Information, Culture and Tourism of the Lao province, said that the park demonstratesthe special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries ingeneral, and Xaysomboun and Son La in particular.

The project importantly contributes to Xaysomboun’s development,and helps the two countries’ young people understand more about the unique and specialrelationship in the world, he stressed.

Vice Chairman of the Son La provincial People’s Council Cha ACua highlighted the flourishing development of friendship and all-around cooperationbetween Son La and Xaysomboun, saying that this has contributed to furtherstrengthening the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperationbetween Vietnam and Laos.

The Xaysomboun-Son La Friendship Park covers an area of 5,700sq.m in Phouhuaxang village, Anouvong district. Its construction started in October2022 with a total investment of over 5 billion LAK (over 243,000 USD)./.
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