Nghe An Border Guard congratulates the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Lao People's Army

75 years ago, on January 20, 1949, in Xieng Kho war zone (Hua Phan province), the Lao Army was established with the Lassavong Company, the first regular armed unit directly commanded by comrade Kaysone Phomvihane. After that, other armed groups in the country gradually merged into the Lassavong Company to form the Lao Itxa-la Army (Free Lao Army). Through the process of building and fighting, the Lao Itxa-la Army grew stronger and matured with many different names: in 1957, when the Lao Government implemented the policy of national reconciliation, it was called the Pathet Lao Force; then changed its name to the Lao People's Liberation Army (January 20, 1966) and after 1975, it was the Lao People's Army.

Continuing the tradition of solidarity and special friendship between the two Parties, two States, two peoples, the Vietnam People's Army and the Lao People's Army, in recent times, the Border Guard stations under the Nghe An Provincial Border Guard have closely coordinated with border units under the Hua Phan Provincial Military Command in patrolling, managing and protecting the border. In particular, the Nghe An Border Guard has advised the Provincial People's Committee to help and support friendly units through the Project: "Improving the effectiveness of cooperation and assisting Lao Border Guard companies bordering Nghe An province in the period of 2018 - 2022 and the period of 2023 - 2028".

During the trip, the delegation of the Border Guard Command of Nghe An province offered incense at the statue of Lao revolutionary leader Kaysone Phomvihane; offered incense at the memorial of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who fought and died on battlefields in Laos; and visited and presented gifts to the Military Command and the Public Security Department of Hua Phan province, Lao People's Democratic Republic./.