Vietnam and Laos are speeding up the compilation of a collection on their special history in an effort to hand down this valuable asset for their next generations.

The goal was made clear at a meeting opened in Vietnam ’s Vinh Phuc province on October 25 by To Huy Rua, Politburo member and Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission.

Rua, who co-chaired the event, emphasised that the work has drawn a number of specialists, witnesses of history and top experts who have worked hard in research and collecting documents on special relations between the two countries to meet the deadline of late 2010 and produce a valuable book.

“It is a rich database and an archive of special solidarity between the two Parties and nations which is expected to leave a great impression on and be of high educational value for young generations,” said the senior Party official.

He called on the steering boards of the two countries to make greater efforts to have high quality publications, reminding them of draft editing, accuracy and true reflection of history as top concerns in the project.

His view was shared by Samane Vinhaket, Politburo member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee, and Head of the Steering Commission on Ideology, Theory and Culture of the LPRP Central Committee.

Vinhaket, co-chair of the meeting, emphasised that the collection of special relations between the two countries would leave a valuable asset for young generations.

Rua and Vinhaket are also heads of the steering boards of the project on compiling the history of special relations between Vietnam and Laos in their own countries.

The boards have over the past four years compiled 820 pages of main documents and 2,570 pages of diaries by Vietnamese and Lao leaders. The Vietnam Central Documentary and Scientific Films Studio has finished the shooting of four movies./.