Hoa Binh (VNA) – President of the LaoFront for National Construction Central Committee Xaysomphone Phomvihanevisited the northern province of Hoa Binh on April 13.
Welcoming the Lao guest, Secretary of theprovincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh highlighted the faithful and closerelations between the two countries as well as between the Vietnam FatherlandFront and the Lao counterpart.
Phomvihane congratulated Hoa Binh on itsachievements in socio-economic development, especially poverty reduction andimprovement of local living standards in ethnic minority and disadvantagedareas.
He recalled the support of people in Hoa Binhprovince for Laos’ revolutionaries during the resistant wars against thecolonialism and imperialism in the past. Hoa Binh province was the place where thepreparatory conference of the second congress of the Lao People’s RevolutionaryParty congress was held.
The province also housed the Pathet Lao radio stationfrom 1969 to 1973. The site in An Binh commune, Lac Thuy district, Hoa Binhprovince, has become a valuable historical site, helping foster the friendshipbetween the two countries’ generations.-VNA