The remains of 20 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in Laos during wartime were laid to rest at the Dong Tam international martyrs’ cemetery in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on May 8.
After five months of efforts during the ongoing 2019-2020 dry season, Team K53 from the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum had by April 7 repatriated those of 21 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who laid down their lives while conducting international missions in Laos and Cambodia.
Vietnam and Laos should step up the sharing of legislative experience and promote locality-to-locality collaboration in 2020 in addition to increasing the exchange of delegations at all levels, said a top legislator.
Cambodian and Vietnamese soldiers will jointly hold a rescue exercise in Tuasday commune, Chanthrea district, Cambodia’s S’vay Rieng province that borders Vietnam’s southern Long An province.
A requiem was held in Vientiane on December 9 for Vietnamese martyrs who laid down their lives in Laos, with the participation of high-ranking officials of the host country, and representatives of various Vietnamese authorities and community in Laos.
A Vietnamese high-level military delegation, led by Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence, on November 2 concluded their four-day official visit to Cambodia.
The Vietnamese voluntary army in Laos, founded on October 30, 1949, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Lao revolutionary army during the war time to defend the Lao people and assist their revolutionary cause, Lao officials have affirmed.
General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 29 for a delegation of former Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts in Laos.
A grand ceremony was held in Hanoi on October 29 to mark the 70th anniversary of the traditional day of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts in Laos (October 30).
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on October 28 had a meeting with Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Vorachith, who is on a Vietnam visit to attend the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Traditional Day of Vietnamese Volunteer Soldiers and Experts in Laos.
A photo exhibition opened in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on October 25 on the occasion of the 70th traditional day of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts in Laos.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has affirmed Vietnam’s full support for Laos’ reform process during a meeting with Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in Vientiane, Laos on September 26.
A ceremony to rebury the remains of 18 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who lost their lives during wartime in Laos took place in Dong Tam international martyrs’ cemetery, the central province of Thanh Hoa on May 14.
As many as 26 sets of remains of martyrs, who were Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts lying down their lives during wartime in Laos, were unearthed and collected during the dry season from October 2018 to May 2019.
The visit to Cambodia by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and President Nguyen Phu Trong is an important opportunity for the two sides to promote their bilateral ties.
Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to intensify their cooperation in searching and repatriating the remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during wartime.
Women of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) should continue enhancing exchanges of delegations to strengthen solidarity and mutual understanding, along with bolstering experience sharing and training.
A military funeral was held by the authorities of central Thua Thien – Hue province on May 11 to rebury remains of 11 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who died on duty in Laos during the wartime.
The People’s Committee of central Quang Binh province held a ceremony to rebury the remains of 18 Vietnamese voluntary soliders and experts, which were repatriated from Laos.
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