General Luong Cuong presided over the welcoming ceremony for the Chief of the General Political Department of the Lao People's Army.

On the morning of September 26, at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense, General Luong Cuong, Politburo member and Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, chaired the welcoming ceremony for the high-ranking political delegation of the Lao People's Army.

The high-ranking political delegation of the Lao People's Army (LPA) was led by Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense, and Director of the General Political Department of the Lao People's Army.

At the welcoming ceremony, General Luong Cuong and Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong performed the flag-saluting ceremony and inspected the honor guard of the Vietnam People's Army.

Đại tướng Lương Cường chủ trì lễ đón Chủ nhiệm Tổng cục Chính trị QĐND Lào - Ảnh 1. — *General Luong Cuong presided over the welcoming ceremony for the high-ranking political delegation of the Lao People's Army led by Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong.*

The official visit to Vietnam by Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong takes place in the context of the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos and Laos and Vietnam, which is constantly expanding and developing in all fields.

Defense cooperation is identified as an important pillar of the Vietnam-Laos relationship. In particular, Party and political work is one of the particularly important areas in the cooperation between the Vietnam People's Army and the Lao People's Army, which has been implemented comprehensively, in depth, practically and effectively, contributing to building a strong army in terms of politics, ideology, organization and ethics.

Immediately after the welcoming ceremony, General Luong Cuong and Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong co-chaired talks between the two delegations.

At the meeting, Senior General Luong Cuong, on behalf of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, warmly welcomed Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong and his delegation on their official visit to Vietnam. He also highly appreciated the significance of the delegation's visit, which will contribute to further strengthening the solidarity and closeness between the two Ministries of National Defense and the armies of Vietnam and Laos, contributing to deepening the Vietnam-Laos cooperation relationship into a more practical and effective one.