Vientiane (VNA) – The teachingsof late President Ho Chi Minh for the Lao Front Central Committee in the 1950sremain valuable today, said Politburo member and President of the Lao Front forNational Construction (LFNC) Saysomphone Phomvihane.
He made the statement during an interview withVietnam News Agency correspondents in Laos on the role of the late President inLaos’ front work and on how the fronts of the two countries’ can foster relationson the occasion of the 55th anniversary of bilateral ties (September5, 1962-2017).
According to him, from the late 1940s,President Ho Chi Minh advised his Lao counterpart, Kaysone Phomvihane, to payattention to front work.
The President also advised Lao leaders torely on the Lao people to fight imperialists.
Thanks to his advice, the Free Lao Front(Neo Lao Issara) was founded in 1950. It was renamed the Lao Patriotic Front(Neo Lao Hak Sat) in 1956 and the Lao Front for National Construction (Neo LaoSang Sat) in 1979.
He made the statement during an interview withVietnam News Agency correspondents in Laos on the role of the late President inLaos’ front work and on how the fronts of the two countries’ can foster relationson the occasion of the 55th anniversary of bilateral ties (September5, 1962-2017).
According to him, from the late 1940s,President Ho Chi Minh advised his Lao counterpart, Kaysone Phomvihane, to payattention to front work.
The President also advised Lao leaders torely on the Lao people to fight imperialists.
Thanks to his advice, the Free Lao Front(Neo Lao Issara) was founded in 1950. It was renamed the Lao Patriotic Front(Neo Lao Hak Sat) in 1956 and the Lao Front for National Construction (Neo LaoSang Sat) in 1979.
ꦜ[President: Vietnam, Laos strive to develop relations practically]
Regarding the tasks of the two countries’fronts, Saysomphone Phomvihane stressed the need for the LFNC and the VietnamFatherland Front to agree on cooperation measures, especially from now to 2020 asmentioned in an agreement signed by the two fronts during his visit to Hanoi inAugust 2016.
It is also essential for the agencies tocontinue educating the two peoples about the traditional friendship betweenVietnam and Laos.
No hostile forces can undermine therelationship if the two countries join hands to safeguard and develop it, headded.
He also emphasised the importance ofsupporting each other in socio-economic development and at regional andinternational forums. -VNA
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