Lao Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Vilay Lakhamphong presents the Itsala (Freedom) Order, Second Class, to the representative office of Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security in Laos (Photo: VNA) The meeting was attended by member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party(LPRP)’s Politburo and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence GeneralChansamone Chanyalath, member of the LPRP’s Politburo and Minister of PublicSecurity Senior Lieutenant General Vilay Lakhamphong, former Lao Deputy PM andformer Minister of Public Security Asang Laoly, Vietnamese Ambassador to LaosNguyen Ba Hung, and head of the representative office of the Ministry of PublicSecurity in Laos, Major General Hoang Quang Huong, among others.
In his address, Minister of Public Security Vilay Lakhamphong recalled thehistorical context and situation when the Vietnamese public security expertforce was formed in Laos, stressing that generations of experts overcamenumerous difficulties and accepted the sacrifices to help the Lao People’sPublic Security force develop.
He underlined that the Vietnamese public security expert force in Laosaccompanied Laos’ struggle for national liberation and defence as well as thedevelopment of the Lao People’s Public Security force.
He affirmed that the Party, State, and people of Laos always remember the valuableand whole-hearted support from the Party, State, and people of Vietnam duringall stages of Laos’ revolutionary cause in the past and national constructionat present.
On behalf of the Party, State, and people and thePeople’s Public Security force of Laos, the minister expressed his sinceregratitude to the Party, State, and people of Vietnam, especially leaders andofficers from Vietnam’s People’s Public Security force who work in Laos to assistits Ministry of Public Security.
The Party, State, and people of Laos and the People’sPublic Security force of Laos in particular always pay great attention to thespecial friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam, hestated, pledging that they will do their utmost to maintain and reinforce tiesand make them last forever.
Meanwhile, former Lao Minister of Public Security AsangLaoly highly appreciated the whole-hearted support from Vietnamese publicsecurity experts to the public security force of Laos over the past sixdecades, describing it as valuable and strategic assistance that helped build basicfoundations for the development of Laos’ public security force.
For his part, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Ba Hung thanked the Lao side forcreating favourable conditions for the Vietnamese public security experts,helping them overcome the difficulties and hardships to complete their assignedtasks in protecting security, social order, and safety in both countries, forpeace and the happiness of the Vietnamese and Lao people.
On the occasion, the Party and State of Laos presentedthe Itsala (Freedom) Order, Second Class, to the representative office ofVietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and the third-class Itsala Order to MajorGeneral Hoang Quang Huong, in recognition of their efforts in the safeguardingof public security in both countries, contributing to reinforcing andaccelerating the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensivecooperation between the two.
Within theframework of the meeting, a book on the history of the Vietnamese PublicSecurity expert force in Vietnamese was handed over to the Ministry of PublicSecurity of Laos. A photo exhibition on 60 years of Vietnam’s publicsecurity expert force in Laos was also held./.
VNA
