The Upper Laos Campaign to liberate Sam Neua in Laos’ Houaphan provinceis a symbol of Vietnam-Laos combat alliance, it was affirmed at aseminar highlighting the campaign held at Vieng Xai relic site,Houaphan, on May 3.
Present at the event were LaoPrime Minister Thongsinh Thammavong, Deputy Defence Minister LieutenantGeneral Chansamone Channhalath, Houaphan’s Governor KhamhungHuongvongsi, and high-ranking military officers.
Vietnamese representatives included Director of the Military HistoryInstitute of Vietnam Major General Vu Quang Dao, Vietnamese Ambassadorto Laos Nguyen Manh Hung, and many Vietnamese war veterans.
Delegates listened to more than 20 speeches and stories from historicalwitnesses highlighting the successful cooperation between the Governmentof Vietnam and the Lao Resistance Government.
Under theleadership of late President Ho Chi Minh, the two sides launched theUpper Laos Campaign in 1953 to wipe out part of the enemy’s forces,liberate occupied territory, assist the Lao Resistance Government buildand expand its revolutionary bases, help Lao people’s resistance war anddestroy the enemy’s strategic bases in the north of Indochina.
The campaign saw the participation and command of many talentedgenerals from both sides, like General Vo Nguyen Giap and Prime Ministerof the Lao Resistance Government Souphanouvong.
60 years on,the world has changed but the 1953 Upper Laos Victory remains a symbolof the Vietnam-Laos special relationship, helping contribute to eachcountry’s construction and national defence cause.
The seminar was co-organised by the Lao Defence Ministry and Houaphan provincial authorities.-VNA
Present at the event were LaoPrime Minister Thongsinh Thammavong, Deputy Defence Minister LieutenantGeneral Chansamone Channhalath, Houaphan’s Governor KhamhungHuongvongsi, and high-ranking military officers.
Vietnamese representatives included Director of the Military HistoryInstitute of Vietnam Major General Vu Quang Dao, Vietnamese Ambassadorto Laos Nguyen Manh Hung, and many Vietnamese war veterans.
Delegates listened to more than 20 speeches and stories from historicalwitnesses highlighting the successful cooperation between the Governmentof Vietnam and the Lao Resistance Government.
Under theleadership of late President Ho Chi Minh, the two sides launched theUpper Laos Campaign in 1953 to wipe out part of the enemy’s forces,liberate occupied territory, assist the Lao Resistance Government buildand expand its revolutionary bases, help Lao people’s resistance war anddestroy the enemy’s strategic bases in the north of Indochina.
The campaign saw the participation and command of many talentedgenerals from both sides, like General Vo Nguyen Giap and Prime Ministerof the Lao Resistance Government Souphanouvong.
60 years on,the world has changed but the 1953 Upper Laos Victory remains a symbolof the Vietnam-Laos special relationship, helping contribute to eachcountry’s construction and national defence cause.
The seminar was co-organised by the Lao Defence Ministry and Houaphan provincial authorities.-VNA
