General Secretary and President of Laos visits Military Region 4

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, Comrade Nguyen Chi Dung - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam welcomed General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith at Vinh International Airport (Vinh city, Nghe An province)..

The Lao high-ranking delegation accompanying Lao General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith included: Saleumxay Kommasith - Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister; Thongsalith Mangnomek - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Central Office; Souvone Leuangbounmy - Vice President of the National Assembly; Phet Phomphiphak - Minister of Planning and Investment, Chairman of the Laos - Vietnam Cooperation Committee; Thongsavanh Phomvihane - Minister of Foreign Affairs; Khamlieng Outhakaisone - Senior Lieutenant General, Minister of National Defense; Bouakhong Nammavong - Minister, Head of the Government Office; Malaithong Kommasith - Minister of Industry and Trade; Ngampasong Muongmany - Minister of Public Works and Transport; Khamphao Ernthavan - Lao Ambassador to Vietnam...

On the Vietnamese side, the delegation welcoming Lao General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith included: Nguyen Manh Cuong - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Tran Quoc Phuong - Deputy Minister of Finance; Nguyen Minh Tam - Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos; Lieutenant General Ha Tho Binh - Commander of Military Region 4; Lieutenant General Tran Vo Dung - Political Commissar of Military Region 4; Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duy Lam - Secretary of Ha Tinh Provincial Party Committee; Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee; Vo Trong Hai - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Ha Tinh Provincial People's Committee...

On behalf of officers and soldiers of the armed forces of Military Region 4, Lieutenant General Tran Vo Dung - Party Secretary and Political Commissar of the Military Region, reported on some main features of the economic, cultural and social situation in Military Region 4; and the results of cooperation between Military Region 4 and a number of Lao units and localities in recent times.

Over the years, the long-standing tradition of friendship, solidarity and close ties between the two Parties, States, Armies and Peoples of Vietnam and Laos in general, and Military Region 4 and units and localities of Laos in particular, have continued to be preserved and developed in depth.

The Military Region units have performed well their tasks of helping Lao localities and units develop their economy, culture and society, strengthen national defense and security, build strong Party and government organizations, and contribute to consolidating the relationship, solidarity, friendship and special traditions between Vietnam and Laos in the new period.

In the coming time, Military Region 4 will continue to effectively implement the Joint Statement of the leaders of the two Parties and two States; the Bilateral Defense Cooperation Protocol and the 2025 Cooperation Plan between the two countries' Defense Ministries.

Military Region 4 pledges to continue to make every effort to preserve and promote the good traditional relationship, contributing to fostering the special solidarity between Laos and Vietnam to increasingly blossom and bear fruit.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith sincerely thanked the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and the Military Region 4 Command for their warm welcome; at the same time, highly appreciated the wholehearted and righteous assistance of the Party, State, and the Vietnam People's Army in general, and the armed forces of Military Region 4, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces in particular, to the Lao people throughout the historical journey of building and defending the Fatherland.

The Lao General Secretary and President affirmed the great contributions and noble sacrifices of the Party, State, Army and People of Vietnam to the Lao people's struggle for national independence in the past, as well as the current cause of protecting and building the country. In particular, Military Region 4 has directly contributed to promoting this special relationship.

The Lao General Secretary and President also acknowledged the results achieved in coordinating activities; the contributions and wholehearted support of the Military Region 4 Command and units under the Military Region for localities and units of the Lao People's Army in recent years.

Lao General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith suggested that in the coming time, the armed forces of Military Region 4 and units and localities of the two countries sharing the border continue to closely coordinate, ensure good political security in the border area, create conditions for economic and social development in the border area, and contribute to building deeper solidarity and friendship between the two Parties, States, Armies and peoples.

On behalf of the officers and soldiers of the armed forces of Military Region 4, Lieutenant General Ha Tho Binh - Commander of the Military Region sincerely thanked the General Secretary, President of Laos and members of the high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State for taking their precious time to visit and give a speech to the officers and soldiers of the armed forces of the Military Region.

This is an honor and a great source of encouragement for all officers and soldiers of the armed forces of Military Region 4; these are important orientations for the armed forces of Military Region 4 to continue to consolidate and develop the special Vietnam - Laos relationship.

Lieutenant General Ha Tho Binh - Commander of Military Region 4 promised that, regardless of conditions and circumstances, the armed forces of Military Region 4 will always remember and carry out the instructions and directions of the General Secretary and President of Laos, excellently completing all tasks assigned by the Party, State and Army of Vietnam and Laos, contributing to building the special, loyal and steadfast relationship and solidarity between Vietnam and Laos, Laos and Vietnam to develop more and more.