Youth cooperation important to Vietnam-Laos relations: Party official

The Vietnamese Party and State has consistently attached great importance to friendship exchanges between the Vietnamese and Lao youth, creating favourable conditions to enhance their relations and promote mutual understanding, thus contributing to the special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries, a senior Party official said.
Youth cooperation important to Vietnam-Laos relations: Party official ảnh 1Politburo member and Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Vo Van Thuong receives Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union (LPRYU) Central Committee Alounxai Sounnalath on May 16. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Party and State has consistently attached greatimportance to friendship exchanges between the Vietnamese and Lao youth, creatingfavourable conditions to enhance their relations and promote mutualunderstanding, thus contributing to the special solidarity and comprehensivecooperation between the two countries, a senior Party official said.

Politburomember and Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Vo VanThuong, who is also head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission forInformation and Education, made the statement while hosting a reception for Secretary of the Lao People's RevolutionaryYouth Union (LPRYU) Central Committee Alounxai Sounnalath and alternate memberof the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee in Hanoi onMay 16.

Thuong asked the Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion (HCYU) and the LPRYU to improve the efficiency of existing cooperationmechanisms and to expand their fields of collaboration for the socio-economicdevelopment of each country.

Speaking highly of the activities held within the2019 Vietnam-Laos youth friendship meeting, taking place from May 15-21 inVietnam, the official said that they have significant meaning in the context ofVietnam celebrating the 120th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’sbirthday, the 60th anniversary of the legendary Truong Son trail,and seven decades since Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts came tosupport Laos during wartime.

He expressed his hope that the youth unions willpay more attention to educating the youths of the Vietnam-Laos traditionalrelations.

Sounnalath, for his part, affirmed that the LPRYUwill continue close coordination with the HCYU to bolster exchanges andcooperation, making positive contributions to bilateral ties.–VNA 
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