Lao General Secretary and President visits President Ho Chi Minh and commemorates heroic martyrs
On the morning of September 11, General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his wife, along with a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State, laid a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and laid a wreath at the Monument to Heroes and Martyrs on Bac Son Street, Hanoi.
Also attending were: Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee's External Relations Commission Le Hoai Trung; Chairman of the Hanoi People's Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan.
General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his wife, along with a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State, laid a wreath in memory of President Ho Chi Minh, national liberation hero and outstanding cultural figure of Vietnam.
The delegation's wreath bore the inscription "President Ho Chi Minh lives forever in our revolutionary cause".
Next, General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his wife, along with a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State, laid wreaths and paid tribute to the heroic martyrs at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs.
The delegation's wreath bears the inscription "Forever remember the feats of Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers".
Previously, on September 10, General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith attended the official welcoming ceremony solemnly held at the Presidential Palace with the highest protocol reserved for heads of state; held talks with General Secretary and President To Lam; met with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; met with former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; and received the delegation of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association.
The State visit to Vietnam by Lao General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith and his wife, along with a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State from September 10-13, took place in the context that the two Parties and two countries are vigorously implementing each Party's resolutions and actively preparing for Party congresses at all levels, towards the national congress of each Party.
The Vietnam-Laos relationship is developing very well and has achieved many important achievements. The visit is one of the important milestones in the history of the relationship between the two countries, contributing to promoting the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos to a new height, increasingly going into depth, effectiveness and practicality, bringing prosperity to the people of each country.
