VFF President extends congratulations on 45th National Day of Laos
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man has offered congratulations to the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) on the 45th National Day of Laos (December 2) and the 100th birth anniversary of late President Kaysone Phomvihane (December 13).
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran ThanhMan has offered congratulations to the Lao Front for National Construction(LFNC) on the 45th National Day of Laos (December 2) and the 100th birthanniversary of late President Kaysone Phomvihane (December 13).
In the congratulatory message sent toXaysomphone Phomvihane - Politburo member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party(LPRP) and President of the LFNC, Man expressed his delight that over the last45 years, under the LPRP’s clear-sighted leadership and the LFNC’s gathering ofpatriotic Lao people, the country has obtained a number of enormous successesin national construction and defence.
The two nations should be proud of the formationand development of their special and rare relationship, he noted.
The friendship and solidarity between the twoParties and the two States as well as the faithful and close-knit ties betweenthe two peoples were built by late Presidents Ho Chi Minh and KaysonePhomvihane, he wrote, adding that they have been treasured and nurtured bygenerations of the two countries’ leaders and peoples.
The VFF President went on to say that PresidentKaysone Phomvihane is a great and close friend of the Vietnamese Party, State,and people, and he is also a bright moral example and a great revolutionaryrespected by people around the world.
Concluding the message, he wished the specialfriendship between Vietnam and Laos will be durable and sustainable forever./.
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President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man (Photo: VNA) 
