CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and LPRP General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith attend an exhibition featuring Vietnam-Laos relations (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) CentralCommittee Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary of the Lao People’sRevolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos BounnhangVorachith attended an exhibition featuring Vietnam-Laos relations in Hanoion December 20.
Theevent was hosted by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the CPV Central Committee'sCommission for External Relations to mark the Vietnam-Laos Friendshipand Solidarity Year 2017.
VNAGeneral Director Nguyen Duc Loi and head of the commission Hoang Binh Quan,both CPV Central Committee members, welcomed the two Party chiefs and senior leadersof Vietnam and Laos and introduced the photos featuring the bilateralrelations.
Theexhibits include 55 photos by VNA journalists, capturing historical moments ofthe friendship and solidarity between Vietnam and Laos, and reflecting thecooperation between the two nations in politics, socio-economy, culture, andsecurity-national defence during the past struggle for national liberation andthe current cause of national construction and protection.
Theyalso feature a meeting between late Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Xuphanuvonge inthe Viet Bac Northern Liberated Zone, a talk between late Presidents HoChi Minh and Kaysone Phomvihane, delegation exchanges of the two countries’leaders over the years, jointly signed cooperation agreements and achievementsof each nation.
Theevent is a significant activity to mark the 55th anniversary of Vietnam-Laosdiplomatic ties and the 40th anniversary of the signing ofthe Vietnam-Laos Treaty on Amity and Cooperation.
Earlier,LPRP General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith and hisdelegation laid wreaths at the Monument to War Heroes and Martyrsand paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum.-VNA
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