<p> The delegation included leaders from several departments of Corps 15, as well as members of the Party Committee and Board of Directors of Economic Cooperation Company 385, a unit under Corps 15 operating in Laos.</p> <table border="0" class="imgEditor" id="225dd052-666b-4cc9-adeb-76bf4b8819c8"> <tbody> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td class="dbox"> <a title="Trái"><img alt="left" src="/image/images/left.png" /></a><a title="Giữa"><img alt="center" src="/image/images/center.png" /></a><a title="Phải"><img alt="right" src="/image/images/right.png" /></a><a title="Xóa"><img alt="del" src="/images/red-error_16px.gif" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img class="imgtelerik" src="https://file3.qdnd.vn/data/images/3/2025/04/11/upload_2112/1-3.jpg?dpi=150&quality=100&w=500" /></td> </tr> <tr class="alt_imgEditor"> <td style="text-align: justify;"> Corps 15 delegation extends Bunpimay Festival greetings to the family of Senior Lieutenant General Vongkham Phommakone.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" class="imgEditor" id="225dd052-666b-4cc9-adeb-76bf4b8819c80"> <tbody> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td class="dbox"> <a title="Trái"><img alt="left" src="/image/images/left.png" /></a><a title="Giữa"><img alt="center" src="/image/images/center.png" /></a><a title="Phải"><img alt="right" src="/image/images/right.png" /></a><a title="Xóa"><img alt="del" src="/images/red-error_16px.gif" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img class="imgtelerik" src="https://file3.qdnd.vn/data/images/3/2025/04/11/upload_2112/3.jpg?dpi=150&quality=100&w=500" /></td> </tr> <tr class="alt_imgEditor"> <td style="text-align: justify;"> Corps 15 delegation extends Bunpimay Festival greetings to the General Department of Logistics, the Lao People's Army.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> <table border="0" class="imgEditor" id="225dd052-666b-4cc9-adeb-76bf4b8819c801"> <tbody> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td class="dbox"> <a title="Trái"><img alt="left" src="/image/images/left.png" /></a><a title="Giữa"><img alt="center" src="/image/images/center.png" /></a><a title="Phải"><img alt="right" src="/image/images/right.png" /></a><a title="Xóa"><img alt="del" src="/images/red-error_16px.gif" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img class="imgtelerik" src="https://file3.qdnd.vn/data/images/3/2025/04/11/upload_2112/2.jpg?dpi=150&quality=100&w=500" /></td> </tr> <tr class="alt_imgEditor"> <td style="text-align: justify;"> Corps 15 delegation celebrates Bunpimay Festival with the General Department of Political Affairs, the Lao People's Army.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> During the visits, on behalf of the Corps 15 leadership, Major General Hoang Van Sy extended deep condolences following the death of General Khamtay Siphandone, former President of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and former President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, who passed away on April 2, 2025.</p> <p> While in Vientiane, the delegation visited, presented gifts, and offered greetings to the Steering Committee for Grassroots Political Building and Comprehensive Rural Development under the Lao Ministry of National Defense, the General Department of Political Affairs and the General Department of Logistics of the Lao People’s Army (LPA). These agencies have close cooperative ties with Corps 15.</p> <p> The delegation also visited and extended Bunpimay Festival greetings to Senior Lieutenant General Vongkham Phommakone, Deputy Minister of National Defense of Laos. At the meeting, Major General Hoang Van Sy reported on the results of cooperation in 2024 between Corps 15 and the Steering Committee for Grassroots Political Building and Comprehensive Rural Development, as well as the achievements of Economic Cooperation Company 385, particularly in providing stable jobs and income for Lao people.</p> <table border="0" class="imgEditor" id="225dd052-666b-4cc9-adeb-76bf4b8819c8012"> <tbody> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td class="dbox"> <a title="Trái"><img alt="left" src="/image/images/left.png" /></a><a title="Giữa"><img alt="center" src="/image/images/center.png" /></a><a title="Phải"><img alt="right" src="/image/images/right.png" /></a><a title="Xóa"><img alt="del" src="/images/red-error_16px.gif" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img class="imgtelerik" src="https://file3.qdnd.vn/data/images/3/2025/04/11/upload_2112/7.jpg?dpi=150&quality=100&w=500" /></td> </tr> <tr class="alt_imgEditor"> <td style="text-align: justify;"> Maj. Gen. Hoang Van Sy presents gifts to the Steering Committee for Grassroots Political Building and Comprehensive Rural Development under the Lao Ministry of National Defense.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" class="imgEditor" id="225dd052-666b-4cc9-adeb-76bf4b8819c80120"> <tbody> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td class="dbox"> <a title="Trái"><img alt="left" src="/image/images/left.png" /></a><a title="Giữa"><img alt="center" src="/image/images/center.png" /></a><a title="Phải"><img alt="right" src="/image/images/right.png" /></a><a title="Xóa"><img alt="del" src="/images/red-error_16px.gif" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img class="imgtelerik" src="https://file3.qdnd.vn/data/images/3/2025/04/11/upload_2112/4-5.jpg?dpi=150&quality=100&w=500" /></td> </tr> <tr class="alt_imgEditor"> <td style="text-align: justify;"> Corps 15 delegation presents gifts to the Vietnam-Laos Border Steering Committee.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> On this occasion, the delegation also visited Muong Cham village cluster in Bolikhamxay province, presenting gifts to students and Lao residents as part of Corps 15's socio-economic development support efforts assigned by the Ministry of National Defense.</p> <p> At the receptions, Lao leaders highly appreciated the role of Corps 15 in implementing effective economic-defense projects in Laos, which have created jobs, improved living conditions, and contributed to socio-economic development in the Lao-Vietnamese border areas. They expressed their desire to strengthen delegation exchanges and experience-sharing activities, and requested continued technical support from Corps 15 for LPA projects, further deepening the great friendship and special solidarity between the two countries’ militaries and peoples.</p> <table border="0" class="imgEditor" id="225dd052-666b-4cc9-adeb-76bf4b8819c801201"> <tbody> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td class="dbox"> <a title="Trái"><img alt="left" src="/image/images/left.png" /></a><a title="Giữa"><img alt="center" src="/image/images/center.png" /></a><a title="Phải"><img alt="right" src="/image/images/right.png" /></a><a title="Xóa"><img alt="del" src="/images/red-error_16px.gif" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img class="imgtelerik" src="https://file3.qdnd.vn/data/images/3/2025/04/11/upload_2112/6.jpg?dpi=150&quality=100&w=500" /></td> </tr> <tr class="alt_imgEditor"> <td style="text-align: justify;"> Corps 15 delegation presents gifts in Muong Cham village cluster, Laos’ Bolikhamxay province.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" class="imgEditor" id="225dd052-666b-4cc9-adeb-76bf4b8819c8012010"> <tbody> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td class="dbox"> <a title="Trái"><img alt="left" src="/image/images/left.png" /></a><a title="Giữa"><img alt="center" src="/image/images/center.png" /></a><a title="Phải"><img alt="right" src="/image/images/right.png" /></a><a title="Xóa"><img alt="del" src="/images/red-error_16px.gif" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img class="imgtelerik" src="https://file3.qdnd.vn/data/images/3/2025/04/11/upload_2112/8.jpg?dpi=150&quality=100&w=500" /></td> </tr> <tr class="alt_imgEditor"> <td style="text-align: justify;"> Corps 15 delegation gives gifts to children in Muong Cham village cluster, Bolikhamxay province.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> Also during the trip, Corps 15's delegation visited and extended greetings to the authorities of Laos’ Attapeu province, and handed over 435 gifts, worth VND 350 million in total, to Lao workers in production teams under Economic Cooperation Company 385.</p> <p> <em><strong>Translated by Chung Anh</strong></em></p>