Celebrating 50 years of cooperation between the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam and the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Laos

(Baonghean.vn) -This morning, December 2, in Vinh City, the 50th Anniversary Ceremony of Cooperation between the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam and the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Laos took place.

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Vietnam - Laos Cooperation Sub-Committee; Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Vice President of the National Assembly; Pham Thi Hai Chuyen - Party Central Committee member, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and representatives of central ministries, departments and branches. On the Lao side were comrades: Onchanh Thammavong - Party Central Committee member, Minister of Labor and Social Welfare of Laos; Baykham Khatia - Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Laos, and representatives of central ministries, departments and branches of Laos. On the Nghe An side were comrades: Phan Dinh Trac - Party Central Committee member, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and representatives of a number of provincial departments, departments and branches.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the ceremony



Minister Pham Thi Hai Chuyen speaks.



Lao Minister of Labor and Social Welfare speaks.

The opening speech at the ceremony by comrade Pham Thi Hai Chuyen affirmed: VietnamMaleVietnam and Laos are two close and friendly neighboring countries with a long-standing traditional and close friendship. The Vietnamese peopleMaleand the people of Lao tribes have always been friendly and supported each other in times of difficulty and adversity. Having gone through countless hardships and challenges in fighting and building the country, they have created a special, loyal, and pure Vietnam-Laos relationship. That friendship was built with the sweat and blood of generations of revolutionary soldiers and people of the two countries, becoming an exemplary relationship, rare in the world. The signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the two countries on July 18, 1977 was an important event marking the strengthening of the special Vietnam-Laos relationship during the period of national construction and development.

Immediately after establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries VietnamMaleand Laos (September 5, 1962), Vietnam cooperated in training orthopedic staff to rehabilitate wounded soldiers who were soldiers of the Pathet Lao army in 1963. Since then, the cooperation between the two ministries has increasingly expanded in all areas under the two ministries' responsibility: work for wounded soldiers, martyrs and people with meritorious services, labor, employment, vocational training, child care, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, staff training... with many activities of practical significance.

Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his joy at the increasingly encouraging achievements in the relationship between the two countries. We are deeply proud of the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation that have been constantly consolidated and developed over the past 50 years. This is one of the important factors that has decisively contributed to the victory of the revolutionary cause of the two countries, and is a priceless asset of the two peoples to be passed on to future generations. He was moved by the close cooperation between the two Ministries that has helped the two Governments search for, exhume and bring back to rest nearly 16,000 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos to their homeland.

He also expressed his sincere thanks to the Government, people and relevant agencies of Laos for their responsibility and affection, which have been and are continuing to search for the remains of Vietnamese soldiers still lying in Laos. He highly appreciated the two Ministries for their lively and practical cooperation in various fields. The cooperation in social labor is not only between central agencies but also well implemented between localities of the two countries, especially between provinces sharing the border. Those results have contributed significantly to the achievements of 50 years of comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos. He believes that the cooperation between the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam and the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Laos will continue to develop more strongly in the coming time, contributing to bringing the special friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos to a new height, for the common interests of the two countries.



Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents the Independence Medal to the Lao Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare

Comrade Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Vice President of the National Assembly presented the Friendship Medal to the Office of the Lao Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare.



Minister Onchanh Thammavong presents the Independence Medal to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam

The Deputy Prime Minister sent his warm congratulations on the occasion of the 37th National Day of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (December 2, 1975 - December 2, 2012). Wishing the special friendship, solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos to be forever green, everlasting and constantly blossoming and bearing fruit.

Delegations of the two countries took souvenir photos.

Also at the ceremony, the two Governments awarded Medals and Commemorative Medals of the State of Vietnam and the State of Laos to collectives and individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the field of Labor and Social Affairs, contributing to the development of the Vietnam-Laos friendship.

Sy Minh - Thanh Le