Comrade Men Sam An leads the Xmer delegation to the Indochinese Federation meeting in Uncle Ho's city

CPP Comrade Men Sam An

Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos meeting opens

04/29/2010
VOV News/VNA (Hanoi)

A meeting on Vietnam - Cambodia - Laos friendship and cooperation opened in HCM City on April 28.

A total of 154 delegates from the three countries, students and officials from Cambodia and Laos who are studying and working in HCM City and former Vietnamese soldiers who fought and worked in the other two countries are attending the four-day event.

Speakers at the opening ceremony included Vu Mao, Head of the Vietnamese delegation and President of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association; Men Sam An, Head of the Cambodian delegation, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and President of the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Association; and Vilayvong Bouddakham, Head of the Lao delegation, Vice Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and Vice President of the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association. All described the meeting as vivid proof of international friendship and special solidarity among Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

The meeting took place on the occasion of Vietnam’s celebration of the 35th anniversary of the liberation of Southern Vietnam and its national reunification.

The Vietnamese head delegate, Vu Mao, expressed the deep gratitude of the Vietnamese Party, State and people towards the Cambodian and Lao people for their sacrifice and valuable assistance to Vietnam’s national liberation.

This is an opportunity for the Cambodian and Lao people to celebrate the resplendent, historic milestone of 1975 in the war against US aggressors.

Within the framework of the meeting, the three countries’ delegates will pay courtesy visits to Vietnamese Party and State leaders, attend a seminar, go on a tour of HCM City’s socio-economic establishment and attend a meeting to mark the 35th anniversary of the liberation of Southern Vietnam and national reunification.