Representatives of the Lao Women's Union present the champa flower symbol of Laos to a resident of the Tra Que vegetable farming village in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province, during a visit in early July. (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – The July 11 issue of Vientiane Times ran an article about theLaos - Vietnam relations, which it said are increasingly intensified.
Highlightingthe two countries’ close-knit and long-standing neighbourliness and solidarity,the writing cited late Lao President Kaysone Phomvihane as saying that in thehistory of world revolution, there were many bright examples of theinternational proletariat sentiment, but there had never been such particularlydurable and comprehensive solidarity like the Laos - Vietnam relations.
The 1962Geneva agreement for Laos created conditions for the two countries toofficially set up diplomatic ties on September 5, 1962. After Laos gained completeindependence in 1975, they signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation in1977.
VientianeTimes said this year, the countries mark the 60th anniversary oftheir diplomatic relations and 45 years since the signing of the Treaty ofFriendship and Cooperation. This is an occasion to recall the Ho Chi MinhTrail that traversed five Lao provinces in the western side of Truong Son MountainRange.
President KaysonePhomvihane used to say that the Ho Chi Minh Trail created optimal conditionsfor the liberation of southern Vietnam and momentum for the Lao revolution,which respectively came to success in April 1975 and December 1975, accordingto the newspaper.
Today, newgenerations of Vietnam and Laos greatly treasure their countries’ special relationsand always feel secure about the future of this neighbourliness, the articlenoted, adding that it is the heritage of sacrifices by revolutionary veteransas well as the wisdom and vision of Presidents Kaysone Phomvihane and Souphanouvongof Laos and Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam./.
A delegation of the Lao Women's Union led by its President Inlavanh Keobounphan paid a friendly visit to the central province of Quang Nam on July 5-6.
Laos enjoyed over 400 million USD in trade surplus with Vietnam in the first six months of this year, excluding trade on power, according to Laos’ Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
Vice Chairman Sommad Pholsena and a delegation of the of the Lao National Assembly (NA) held a working session in Hanoi on July 8 with the Office of the Vietnamese NA, during which the two sides exchanged experience in building a tradition hall.
The unceasing development of the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam, particularly after the two countries signed a Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in 1977, has brought practical benefits to their people, said a senior Party official of Laos.
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Representatives of the Lao Women's Union present the champa flower symbol of Laos to a resident of the Tra Que vegetable farming village in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province, during a visit in early July. (Photo: VNA) 
