The great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos continue to develop comprehensively.

Also attending the reception was Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Gau, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.

Welcoming Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong and the high-ranking political delegation of the Lao People's Army to their official visit to Vietnam, General Phan Van Giang emphasized that Vietnam always remembers Laos' support and assistance in the past struggle for national independence and unification, as well as in the current national construction; and always attaches importance to consolidating and enhancing the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation with Laos.

Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang received Director of the General Department of Politics of the Lao People's Army Thongloi Silivong.

Minister Phan Van Giang affirmed that despite the complicated developments in the world and the region in recent times, the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos continues to develop comprehensively, achieving important results. Substantive and effective defense cooperation is one of the important pillars in the relationship between the two countries.

Sharing with General Phan Van Giang about the situation of the country as well as the recent development of the Lao People's Army, Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong thanked the Party, State, Army and people of Vietnam for always standing side by side and supporting Laos in difficult times.

Informing General Phan Van Giang of the results of the previous talks with General Luong Cuong, Politburo member, Standing member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong highly appreciated the attention, support and effective cooperation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense towards the Lao Ministry of National Defense, including the construction of the School of Political Theory and the School of Ethnic Culture of the Lao People's Army, and support for human resource training.

Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang received Director of the General Department of Politics of the Lao People's Army Thongloi Silivong.

The Director of the General Department of Politics of the Lao People's Army affirmed that he will do his utmost to work with the Lao Ministry of National Defense to effectively implement the annual cooperation plan with the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, contributing to continuously strengthening and developing the relationship between the two countries, in which defense cooperation continues to be one of the important pillars.

General Phan Van Giang highly appreciated the results of the talks as well as the results of comprehensive cooperation between the two armies in general, between the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army and the General Department of Politics of the Lao People's Army in particular, especially in the fields of: coordination, effective advice on the implementation of the common perception of the two countries' senior leaders on military and defense tasks; Party work, political work; effective maintenance of exchange, dialogue and twinning mechanisms...

In an exchange with Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong, Senior General Phan Van Giang suggested that the two sides continue to strengthen cooperation, focusing on the following areas: Party work, political work; coordinate to protect the peaceful and stable border of the two countries, thereby actively contributing to the construction and development of the material and spiritual life of the people in the border areas, promoting border trade and commerce; continue to attach importance to training and fostering human resources; focus on promoting the significance of the first Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia Border Defense Friendship Exchange at the Ministerial level, scheduled to be held in the near future.

General Phan Van Giang emphasized that 2024 will see many important political events for the country and the army of each country, in which Laos will assume the role of ASEAN Chair 2024 and celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Lao People's Army; Vietnam will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory. The two countries' defense ministries have agreed to coordinate to effectively organize and implement these events.

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