Laos grants Freedom Order to healthcare board, military hospital of Vietnam
The Freedom (Issara) Order of Laos was bestowed upon the board of health protection and care for central officials and Central Military Hospital 108 of Vietnam at a ceremony held in Hanoi on February 25.
Thongsavanh Phomvihane ̣(centre), Chairman of the LPRP Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, presents the Friendship Medal to two individuals of the board of health protection and care for central officials and Central Military Hospital 108 on February 25. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Freedom (Issara) Order of Laos was bestowed upon the board of health protectionand care for central officials and Central Military Hospital 108 of Vietnam ata ceremony held in Hanoi on February 25.
In the Vietnam - Laos and Laos - Vietnam Solidarity andFriendship Year 2022, the Party and State of Laos decided to grant orders andmedals to some collectives and individuals of the board of health protectionand care for central officials and Central Military Hospital 108 in recognitionof their outstanding achievements in caring for senior Party and State leadersof Laos over the recent past, thus considerably helping nurture the greatfriendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the twocountries.
At the ceremony, a representative of the Commission for ExternalRelations of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committeeannounced the Lao President’s decision to grant the third-class Freedom Orderto the board, the hospital, and Tran Huy Dung – standing deputy head of theboard, and to grant the Friendship Order to the department of health protectionand care for central officials and the international department at CentralMilitary Hospital 108.
The official also announced the Lao Prime Minister’s decision tobestow the Friendship Medal upon two individuals of the board and the hospital.
On behalf of the Lao President and PM, Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Chairmanof the LPRP Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, presented theorders and medal to the collectives and individuals.
Representing the recipients, Tran Huy Dung expressed theirhonour to receive the noble rewards and described the orders and medal as agreat source of encouragement for the board and the hospital to keep makingefforts in their work, thus contributing more to the two countries’ specialsolidarity./.
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Thongsavanh Phomvihane ̣(centre), Chairman of the LPRP Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, presents the Friendship Medal to two individuals of the board of health protection and care for central officials and Central Military Hospital 108 on February 25. (Photo: VNA) 
