(HBO) – A high-level delegation from Laos’s northern province of Luang Prabang led by Governor Khamkhan Chanthavisouk, member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee has paid a working visit to Vietnam’s northern province of Hoa Binh.
Bui Van Tinh, member of the Communist Party of
Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee;
along with Tran Dang Ninh, Permanent Vice Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee, Chairman of the provincial People’s Council; and Hoang Thanh Mich,
President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee.
At the receptions, Tinh expressed his pleasure
to host the Luang Prabang high-level delegation while introducing the local political,
economic, social and cultural accomplishments in 2016 and in the first eight
months of 2017.
On behalf of local authorities, he congratulated Luang Prabang on its remarkable
achievements over the past time. He said the expansion of cooperative ties with
the province is of importance. Promoting the traditional relations and special
friendship between
Vietnamand
Laos,
Hoa Binh will enhance comprehensive cooperation with Luang Prabang and other
Lao localities. The province will continue stepping up exchange activities and
coordinating with the Lao side to support the two countries’ departments and
trade unions, through which reinforcing the close relations and special friendship
between Vietnam and Laos.
Hoa Binh
senior officials welcome Luang Prabang high-level delegation
On behalf of local authorities, Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh presents commemorative gifts to Luang
Prabang delegates
Governor Khamkhan Chanthavisouk, Secretary of
the Luang Prabang provincial Party’s Committee, presents commemorative gifts to
Hoa Binh officials
Hoa Binh leaders pose a photo with Luang Prabang
high-level delegation
Tran Dang Ninh, Permanent Vice Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People’s Council,
introduced the historical stele relic site where the preparatory congress and
the second congress of the LPRP took place
Governor
Khamkhan Chanthavisouk, member of the LPRP Central Committee and Secretary of
the provincial Party Committee, write in the commemorative book of the Hoa Binh
provincial Military High Command
Amid the atmosphere of friendship and solidarity,
Khamkhan Chanthavisouk thanked the Hoa Binh Party Committee, authority, people
and ethnic groups for receiving the Lao delegation. He highly valued the local
strong developments in recent years and hoped the special solidarity and
comprehensive cooperation between
Vietnamand
Laosas well as between Hoa Binh and Luang Prabang will continue to grow. The
official also expressed his hope that the two provinces will step up
cooperation in the fields of economy, especially in agriculture, trade and
tourism while supporting training lecturers and medical workers for the education
and healthcare sectors. He suggested increasing cultural exchanges and actively
sharing information and historical documentaries.
Within the framework of the visit, the Lao
delegation visited the historical stele relic site where the preparatory congress
and the second congress of the LPRP took place in Cham Mat ward (Hoa Binh city)
and wrote in the commemorative book of the provincial Military High Command./.
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