June 21, 2017 | 21:36 (GMT+7)
Vietnamese, Lao military units promote cooperation
PANO - A joint meeting of Vietnam’s Military Region 4 (MR4) Command and Lao military units to review their cooperation in 2016 was held on June 20 in the Central province of Nghe An.
At the meeting. Photo: truyenhinhnghean.vn
Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee and Commander of the MR4 Command, and Senior Colonel Phansai Khanthasa, Commander of Division 1 of the Lao Ministry of National Defense, co-chaired the meeting.
Last year, the MR4 4 Command directed its affiliated units to actively coordinate construction with Lao military units, including Divisions 1, 4, military commands of Vientiane and Xaisomboun and Central Lao provinces located along the shared borderline.
Especially, in the dry season of 2016-2017, the Lao sides supported MR 4’s affiliates in searching and repatriating 200 remains of Vietnamese specialists and volunteer soldiers fallen in Laos.
At the meeting, the two sides signed a cooperation agreement for this year, based on the agreed-upon cooperation plans, contributing to building a Vietnam-Laos borderline of peace, friendship, stability and development.
Translated by Chung Anh