The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee launched a short-term training course for officials from the Lao Front for National Construction (NFNC) Central Committee in Hanoi on August 20.
President of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan speaks at the course (Source: VOV)
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee launched a short-term training course for officials from the Lao Front for National Construction (NFNC) Central Committee in Hanoi on August 20.
In his opening speech, Vice President and General Secretary of the VFF Central Committee Vu Trong Kim praised the two bodies for their links and joint effort to organise such courses and other relevant activities, saying it helps concretise coordination programmes set by the two countries.
Vice President of NFNC Central Committee Khambay Damlath thanked the VFF Central Committee for its fervent assistance, expressing his desire that the course will contribute to strengthening connections between the two agencies and deepening Vietnam-Laos relations.
At the event, President of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan briefed participants on Vietnam’s socio-economic development achievements after 30 years of its reform (Doi Moi) process as well as the country’s orientations for 2016-2030.
As part of the cooperation programme agreed by leaders from the two bodies from 2012-2016, the course will focus on seven subjects and two extra-curricular reports among fact-finding studies in Hanoi and 🐎the central province of Nghe An.-VNA
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President of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan speaks at the course (Source: VOV)
