Chapters of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association (VLFA) in localities nationwide should further promote their activities to enhance mutual understanding between the two countries’ people and accelerate bilateral relations, said VLFA President Vu Trong Kim.

Kim, who is also Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, made the suggestion during the 2nd conference of the VLFA Central Committee held in Hanoi on January 15, which reviewed the Association’s interpersonal and friendship activities in 2014 and discussed action plans for 2015.

According to Kim, VLFA organised a series of exchange activities in 2014 to deepen the traditional friendship, solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations.

In 2015, the Association will diversify its operation methods while continuing to intensify communication efforts to educate the people of both nations, especially young generations, about Vietnam-Laos special relations.

Localities of both nations will cooperate together to conduct excursions to featured sites across Vietnam, including Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, Hoa Binh, Son La, Binh Thuan and Hoa Binh province, all which are related to Laos’ revolution development and history.

Additionally, VLFA’s chapters will work with their Lao partners to enhance overall cooperation, especially in education, training, economics, culture, science and technology, tourism, and sports, between the two countries.

Trade between Vietnam and Laos reached a value of 1.58 billion USD last year, a 34.5 percent annual increase.

Currently, nearly 8,000 Lao students are pursuing degrees in Vietnam.-Chapters of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association (VLFA) in localities nationwide should further promote their activities to enhance mutual understanding between the two countries’ people and accelerate bilateral relations, said VLFA President Vu Trong Kim.

Kim, who is also Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, made the suggestion during the 2nd conference of the VLFA Central Committee held in Hanoi on January 15, which reviewed the Association’s interpersonal and friendship activities in 2014 and discussed action plans for 2015.

According to Kim, VLFA organised a series of exchange activities in 2014 to deepen the traditional friendship, solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations.

In 2015, the Association will diversify its operation methods while continuing to intensify communication efforts to educate the people of both nations, especially young generations, about Vietnam-Laos special relations.

Localities of both nations will cooperate together to conduct excursions to featured sites across Vietnam, including Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, Hoa Binh, Son La, Binh Thuan and Hoa Binh province, all which are related to Laos’ revolution development and history.

Additionally, VLFA’s chapters will work with their Lao partners to enhance overall cooperation, especially in education, training, economics, culture, science and technology, tourism, and sports, between the two countries.

Trade between Vietnam and Laos reached a value of 1.58 billion USD last year, a 34.5 percent annual increase.

Currently, nearly 8,000 Lao students are pursuing degrees in Vietnam.-VNA