Laos remembers importance of southernmost military base

Vientiane (VNA) - A senior Lao official has complimented Vietnam 's volunteer
forces and Lao soldiers for having left the most beautiful memories of kindness, and
faithfulness in the hearts and minds of the residents of Laos ' southernmost
region, whom they fought alongside during their war with the French colonialists.

Samane Viyaketh, Politburo member and Head of the Steering Board for Ideology,
Theory and Culture of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) made this comment
during a meeting on February 19 to commemorate the 60 th anniversary of the
founding of the former joint Ha (southernmost ) Lao military base in Attapeu
province.

The meeting was attended by Khamtay Siphandone, former LPRP President and State
President, and To Huy Rua, Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV),
Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and Head of the CPV Central Committee's
Commission of Information and Education, among other distinguished guests.

It also brought together tens of thousands of Lao people, scientists, veteran
revolutionaries, and former Vietnamese and Lao advisers and soldiers who fought
shoulder to shoulder at the former southernmost Lao stronghold.

Viyaketh also called upon residents of the country's southernmost region in
particular and the Lao people in general to preserve and further foster the special
solidarity and comprehensive cooperation they have long-enjoyed with Vietnam .

On the same day, a gathering of historical eye-witnesses and those who fought at the
former southernmost military base took place.
On Feb. 18, Vietnamese delegates were received by Khamtay Siphandone. The two
sides exchanged views on the role of the Ha Lao stronghold in the Vietnamese and
Lao revolutions.-Enditem