The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee on March 22 extended a message of congratulations to the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) on its 55th founding anniversary.

“As close comrade and friend, the CPV and Vietnamese people highly value and warmly congratulate the great and comprehensive achievements of the Lao people during their renewal process,” said the message.

The CPV Central Committee expressed firm belief that under the leadership of the LPRP, the Lao people will move forward towards new and greater achievements as well as successfully implementing the Resolution of the LPRP’s 8th Congress and building a socialist-oriented country of peace, independence, democracy, unification and prosperity.

“We expressed our delights at the continuously developing traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, two States and two peoples,” according to the message.

The relationship, fostered by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kaysone Phomvihane, and tempered by efforts and sacrifices of many generations of Vietnamese and Lao people, has become a model for international relations and is a priceless asset for the two nations, as well as a decisive factor in the success of each country’s revolutionary cause.

The CPV Central Committee expressed the wish that the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, two States and two peoples will develop continuously and eternally./.