Vietnamese State leader offers flowers in tribute to late Lao President

Placing the wreath at the statue of the revered Lao leader, President Cuong reaffirmed the profound respect and enduring gratitude of the Vietnamese Party, State, and people for President Kaysone Phomvihane’s pivotal role in building, preserving, and strengthening the unique and time-honoured Vietnam–Laos relationship, an invaluable legacy for both nations.

Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong offers flowers in tribute to late Lao President Kaysone Phomvihane. (Photo: VNA)
Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong offers flowers in tribute to late Lao President Kaysone Phomvihane. (Photo: VNA)

Vientiane (VNA) – State President Luong Cuong and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation offered flowers in tribute to late Lao President Kaysone Phomvihane and visited the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum in Vientiane on April 25, as part of his state visit to Laos.

Placing a basket of flowers at the statue of the revered Lao leader, President Cuong reaffirmed the profound respect and enduring gratitude of the Vietnamese Party, State, and people for President Kaysone Phomvihane’s pivotal role in building, preserving, and strengthening the unique and time-honoured Vietnam–Laos relationship, an invaluable legacy for both nations.

During his tour of the museum, the Vietnamese President learned about the life and revolutionary contributions of President Kaysone, an iconic leader of the Lao people and a close and trusted friend of Vietnam. The visit also underscored the deep-rooted solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries' revolutionary movements.

President Kaysone Phomvihane, together with President Ho Chi Minh and President Souphanouvong, laid the foundation for the special, steadfast, loyal and pure relationship between Vietnam and Laos, which has been diligently cultivated by successive generations of leaders of the two countries and has become an invaluable asset of the two peoples. The close-knit relationship between Vietnam and Laos has overcome all challenges of time, becoming a great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation, a vivid demonstration of the spirit of proletarian internationalism and the aspiration for independence and freedom of the two peoples.

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President Luong Cuong and the Vietnamese delegation lay a wreath at the Monument of Lao Heroes and Martyrs in Vientiane. (Photo: VNA)

The same day, President Cuong and the Vietnamese delegation also laid a wreath at the Monument of Lao Heroes and Martyrs in Vientiane, paying homage to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for Laos’s independence, national protection, and development./.

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