Hanoi, Vientiane share experience in front activities
Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Hanoi Vu Hong Khanh and President of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Committee of Vientiane Bounthieng Khounsy held talks in Hanoi on June 26 to share experience in front activities.
Hanoi (VNA) –Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Hanoi Vu HongKhanh and President of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Committeeof Vientiane Bounthieng Khounsy held talks in Hanoi on June 26 to shareexperience in front activities.
Khanh said that withits role in connecting the Party, Government and people from all walks of life,the VFF Committee of Hanoi is responsible for guiding public opinions andcreating consensus among the society.
Over the past years, thecommittee has reformed its operation to meet political requirements in the newperiod, including expanding its network of collaborators, and renewing itsactivities at local levels to understand the aspiration of people.
Its activities inenvironmental protection, charity, and poverty reduction have been carried outeffectively, said Khanh, adding that the VFF has engaged in fosteringsolidarity and fighting the abuse of religion to commit law violations.
The VFF Committee ofHanoi has focused on social supervision and criticism. In the first six monthsof 2018, the committee held a conference to give critic ideals on three importantissues, while its chapters in wards and districts organised 35 similarconferences.
Khanh highlighted thatthe VFF Committees at all levels have involved in dealing with people’scomplaints and denunciations, while its various movements have contributed tostrengthen social consensus for the successful implementation of socio-economicdevelopment targets.
For his part,Bounthieng Khounsy said that based on traditional cooperation between thecapital cities of Vietnam and Laos, the LFNC Committee of Vientiane has learnedhelpful experience from the VFF Committee of Hanoi.
He congratulated Hanoion socio-economic achievements that the city has made over the past years, whilebriefing his host on a number of activities of the LFNC Committee of Vientianeas well as socio-economic situation of Vientiane.
Bounthieng Khounsyshowed his hope that in the future, the two cities will continue bolsteringexchange and cooperation and specifying action programmes to further fosterfriendship between Hanoi and Vientiane as well as Vietnam and Laos in general.
The same day,Bounthieng Khounsy and his delegation visited the Hanoi Party Committee andmade a field trip to Hanoi’s outlying Dan Phuong district.-VNA
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