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Vietnam, Laos enhance cooperation in sports

Vietnam and Laos have agreed on five major issues in bilateral sporting cooperation during a current visit to Laos by Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoang Tuan Anh.
Vietnam and Laos have agreed on five major issues in bilateralsporting cooperation during a current visit to Laos by VietnameseMinister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoang Tuan Anh.

They arethe enhancement of cooperation in culture, sports and tourism betweenborder provinces, development of athletes for the 26 th Southeast AsianGames in Indonesia, organisation of national sports games and sportscompetitions between the two countries, upgrade of the national sporttraining centre into the national sports and physical training school,and enhancement of cooperation between the two National OlympicCommittees.

During their meeting in Vientiane on Sept. 2,Vietnamese Minister Anh and Lao Minister of Education and SportsPhankham Viphavan said that boosting cooperation in sports will make apractical contribution to developing the special relations between thetwo countries.

They expressed their pleasure with theeffectiveness of the two ministries’ cooperation with the exchange ofdelegations, organisation of sporting competitions and experiencesharing. Vietnam also sent experts to help Lao sports and receivedLao sports teams for training.

Minister Phankham Viphavan highlyvalued Vietnam ’s assistance to Lao sports, especially the successfulorganisation of the 25 th SEA Games in Laos. /.
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