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Thanh Hoa intensifies cooperation with Laos’ Houaphan

The central province of Thanh Hoa held a meeting on August 24 to mark 50 years since it inked a friendship cooperation agreement with Laos’ Houaphan province.
Thanh Hoa intensifies cooperation with Laos’ Houaphan ảnh 1An art performance at the meeting (Source: VNA)
Thanh Hoa (VNA) – The centralprovince of Thanh Hoa held a meeting on August 24 to mark 50 years since itinked a friendship cooperation agreement with Laos’ Houaphan province.

The event also celebrated the 55th anniversary of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties and 40 years since the twocountries signed their Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, and is part of theThanh Hoa-Houaphan Friendship Culture Week, held in the central province fromAugust 21-25.

Chairman of the local People’s CommitteeNguyen Dinh Xung said that over the past five decades, the relationship betweenthe two provinces has grown remarkably.

Cooperation activities in culture, educationand health and delegation exchanges have been held regularly. Thanh Hoa has todate helped train 538 Lao students at its universities.

The two sides have also coordinated in jointpatrols and border marker planting.

In 2016, they signed a new cooperation deal,with Thanh Hoa pledging to provide 8 million USD to build severalinfrastructure facilities in the Lao province from 2016-2020.

Thanh Hoa and Houaphan provinces share a 192km border.-VNA
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