Young Vietnamese and Lao border guards visit relic site in Nghe An

The Lao delegation was led by Colonel Ounkham Sivenvongsack, Deputy Director of the Border Guard Department under the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army, while the Vietnamese delegation was headed by Senior Colonel Nguyen Thanh Hai, Deputy Political Chief of the Vietnam Border Guard Command.

Vietnamese and Lao border guard officers laying wreath and offering incense at Kim Lien Special National Relic Site in Nam Dan district, Nghe An province

Colonel Ounkham Sivenvongsack pays respect to President Ho Chi Minh.

At the event, young border guard officers of the two countries laid wreath and offered incense to pay respect to President Ho Chi Minh, a national hero, a preeminent cultural celebrity, and an outstanding activist of the international worker and communist movement. He devoted his whole life to the national liberation cause and the fight for peace and happiness of the Vietnamese people and people around the world.

When he was alive, President Ho Chi Minh together with Lao Prince Souphanouvong and President Kaysone Phomvihane attached importance to cultivating the special relationship between Vietnam and Laos.

Senior Colonel Nguyen Thanh Hai pays tribute to President Ho Chi Minh.

At the event

The two delegations in a joint photo

The second Vietnam – Laos Young Border Guard Officer Exchange was held in Ha Tinh and Nghe An provinces from June 26 to 30 with the participation of leaders of the Political Department of the Vietnam Border Guard Command and the Border Guard Department under the General Staff of the Lao People's Army and around 100 young border guard officers of the two countries.

Under the theme “Young officers of the Vietnamese and Lao border guard forces strengthen collaboration and join hands to build a borderline of peace, friendship, cooperation, and development,” the second edition featured dissemination of law to people living along the shared borderline and seminars.

Translated by Tran Hoai