Sen. Lt. Gen. Phung Si Tan (R), Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, meets with Maj. Gen. Viengxay Xaysamone, Director of the Engineering Department of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army, in Hanoi on May 19. (Source: VNA)The hostofficial emphasised that leaders of Vietnam and Laos attach importanceto the maintenance and reinforcement of great friendship, special solidarity,and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.
He perceivedthat defence cooperation, one of the important pillars of bilateral relations,has been enhanced unceasingly and developing comprehensively and effectively. Inthe Vietnam - Laos, Laos - Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022, the twodefence ministries coordinated to successfully organise a number of activities.
The Laoofficial informed his host about the outcomes of his delegation’s workingsession with the Engineering Arm of the Vietnamese army, noting that the twosides discussed and agreed on many cooperation activities such as holdingmutual visits, improving capacity, and sharing experience in addressing post-warunexploded ordnance (UXO) consequences.
In response,Tan highly valued the session’s outcomes and voiced his support for the twosides to increase sharing experience in sapper training, collapse rescueoperations, and bridge and road construction.
The engineeringforce of Vietnam is the core in searching for and dealing with UXO, as well asin assisting UXO victims and educating people on UXO accident prevention, henoted, asking both sides to step up exchanging experience in settling post-warUXO aftermath./.
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