Vietnamese, Lao youths enhance links
Young people from the northern mountainous province of Son La and the Lao provinces of Luang Prabang and Luang Namtha gathered at an exchange in the Vietnamese locality on April 21-22.
Illustrative photo (Source:Internet)The delegates held talks and cultural and sports activities with the aim to maintain and promote the special friendship and solidarity between Vietnam and Laos as well as between Son La and the Lao provinces.
At the event, the Lao side suggested the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s Son La chapter organise more delegation exchanges and send experts to train Lao youngsters in the field of science and technology.
On the occasion, the two countries’ youth union members visited the Vietnam- Laos revolutionary historical site in Lao Kho village, Phieng Khoai commune, Yen Chau district.
Lao Kho village witnessed revolutionary activities of late Lao President Kaysone Phomvihane and the Northern Lao Voluntary Team during the 1948-1950 period.-VNA
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