Vietnam, Laos youth unions look to enhance cooperation
Alternate member of the Party Central Committee and First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee Le Quoc Phong on May 15 held talks with alternate member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union (LPRYU ) Central Committee Alounxai Sounnalath in Hanoi.
Hanoi (VNA) - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee and First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion (HCYU) Central Committee Le Quoc Phong on May 15 held talks with alternatemember of the Lao People'sRevolutionary Party Central Committee and Secretaryof the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union (LPRYU ) CentralCommittee Alounxai Sounnalath in Hanoi.
During the talks, the Vietnamese official highlighted the great friendship,special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries,while expressing his joy at the comprehensive and sustainable development ofthe bilateral relations.
Phong briefed his guest on activities of the HCYU in recent times, saying that theunion is building a number of important projects on educating revolutionaryideology for youths.
For his part, Alounxai Sounnalath praised the HCYU for its success inimplementing its tasks in recent times, affirming that youths and students playan important role for the development of each country.
He thanked the HCYU for its support to the LPRYU in organising movements andactivities, thus promoting friendship and cooperation between the two countries’youth unions.
He hoped the two sides to continue supporting each other at international youthforums
The two sides agreed to continue close coordination in implementing the cooperationagreement between the HCYU and the LPRYU in the 2017-2022; ensure theinformation and experience sharing mechanism between the two sides; andorganise training courses for staff from the LPRYU in Vietnam.
They also agreed to join hands in volunteer activities for community in borderlocalities of the two countries; and sustainably develop the model of theLao-Vietnam border youth village in Bolikhamsay province of Laos.
Vietnam’s youth union will also support Laos in establishinga youth association and building the youth law.-VNA
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At the talks (Source: VNA) 
