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Vietnam presents gifts to sick Lao military personnel, veterans

The activity aimed to give encouragement to the wounded and sick Lao military personnel and veterans so that they can soon recover to continue contributing to their units as well as Laos’s development.

Major General Vo Van Chot, head of Nghe An province’s liaison board for former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military experts in Laos, presents a gift to a patient at Military Central Hospital 103 of Laos. (Photo: VNA)
Major General Vo Van Chot, head of Nghe An province’s liaison board for former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military experts in Laos, presents a gift to a patient at Military Central Hospital 103 of Laos. (Photo: VNA)

Vientiane (VNA) – Military Region 4’s Association of Vietnamese Veteran Volunteer Soldiers and Experts in Laos, the Phat Tich Pagoda, and the Vietnam Business Association in Vientiane organised a delegation on March 6 to visit and present gifts worth 40 million LAK (1,800 USD) to wounded and sick military personnel and veterans of Laos.

The beneficiaries are receiving treatment at Military Central Hospital 103 of Laos.

The activity aimed to give encouragement to the wounded and sick Lao military personnel and veterans so that they can soon recover to continue contributing to their units as well as Laos’s development, said Major General Vo Van Chot, head of Nghe An province’s liaison board for former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military experts in Laos, former Commander of Division 324, and former Deputy Commander of Military Region 4.

The gifts demonstrate the spiritual support from former volunteer soldiers and military experts of Vietnam, as well as the comradeship and fraternity between the two sides, who have stood shoulder to shoulder throughout history, he noted.

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A meeting between the Vietnamese delegation and leaders of Military Central Hospital 103 of Laos on March 6 (Photo: VNA)

Major General, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Savengxay Dalasath, Director of Military Central Hospital 103 of Laos, expressed gratitude for the heartfelt support from the Vietnamese side, saying that over its 49-year development, the hospital has received great assistance from the Party, State, army, and experts of Vietnam.

He showed the hope to continue receiving support from individuals and organisations for charitable activities at the hospital./.

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