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On the morning of July 9, General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense as Head of the delegation, led a high-ranking delegation of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam to Laos, attending activities within the framework of the 3rd Vietnam-Laos Border Defense Friendship Exchange. Download The high-ranking delegation of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam led by General Phan Van Giang went to Laos to attend the activities in framework of the Exchange Program. Photo: QDND Newspaper Joining the delegation were comrades: Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang, Deputy Minister of National Defense; Senior Lieutenant General Do Xuan Tung, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam Peoples Army; Lieutenant General Le Van Tuyen, Deputy Minister of Public Security; Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam Peoples Army... along with representatives of agencies and units in the army and leaders of a number of ministries and branches. Here, General Phan Van Giang and the high-ranking delegation of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam received a warm, respectful and thoughtful welcome from the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense, local authorities and people of Bolykhamxay province, Lao PDR. Welcoming ceremony for General Phan Van Giang and the high-level delegation Vietnam Ministry of National Defense was solemnly held at Nam On border gate of Lao PDR. General Khamliang Outhakaysone, Politburo member of the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of Laos, chaired the welcoming ceremony for General Phan Van Giang and delegation members. Download General Phan Van Giang and General Khamliang Outhakaysone salute the border milestone. Photo: Peoples Army Newspaper At the border gate area, two Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers of Defense of the two countries performed a greeting ceremony and painted milestones; planting friendship trees and taking souvenir photos. Immediately after the activities at Nam On border gate, high-ranking delegations from the two countries Ministries of Defense continued to participate in activities in the Exchange Program. General Phan Van Giang and General Khamliang Outhakaysone and high-ranking delegations of the two countries attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Work Coordination Station project, Border Guard Company 252 (Military Command of Bolykhamxay province) funded by the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam; Download General Phan Van Giang and General Khamliang Outhakaysone planted a friendship tree at the Milestone 460 campus on the Lao side. Photo: Peoples Army Newspaper Next, the two Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers of Defense of the two countries visited, gave gifts and awarded 100 scholarships to students of Thong-nam-mun primary school in Xaychamphone district, Bolykhamxay province (Laos); Within the framework of the 3rd Vietnam-Laos border defense friendship exchange, General Phan Van Giang and General Khamliang Outhakaysone also visited medical examination and treatment activities, distributed free medicine and gave 50 breeding cows to 50 households in difficult circumstances in the Lao border area. Download General Phan Van Giang and General Khamliang Outhakaysone presented 50 breeding cows to 50 households in difficult circumstances in the Lao border area. Photo: Khanh Toan After two successful organizations in 2021 and 2024, the Vietnam-Laos Border Defense Friendly Exchange has become a bright spot in defense cooperation between the two countries. This is a cooperation model that has both profound political significance and practical practical value, contributing to promoting practical cooperation between border protection forces, local governments and people in the border areas of the two countries and continuing to spread the special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos. Download General Phan Van Giang and General Khamliang Outhakaysone visited medical examination and treatment activities and distributed free medicine to people in difficult circumstances in the Lao border area. Photo: Khanh ToanThe effectiveness of the Vietnam-Laos border defense friendship exchange is not only shown in the framework of each program, but also through specific results on the ground, in daily coordination between the two countries border protection forces in the Vietnam-Laos common border area. The 3rd Vietnam-Laos border defense friendship exchange took place on July 9 and 10 in Nghe An province (Vietnam) and Laos province. Bolykhamxay (Laos). This exchange becomes even more meaningful when it takes place at a time when the two countries celebrate the 49th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation (July 18, 1977 - July 18, 2026).Kim LienSee moreNghe An needs to closely combine economic development with ensuring national defense and securitySee moreThe 10th Vietnam-China border defense friendship exchangeSee moreExchange Vietnam-US friendship exchange in Can ThoSee moreFriendship exchange festival in Vietnam - Laos border area
