Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a reception in Ho Chi Minh City on
April 30 for Lao, Cambodian and Cuban officials who attended a ceremony
celebrating the 40th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam
and National Reunification Day.
The
guests were Lao Vice President Bounnhang Volachit, Cambodian Deputy
Prime Minister Men Som An, and Head of the External Relations Committee
of the Communist Party of Cuba, Jose Ramon Balaguer Cabrera.
PM
Dung told the officials that the historic victory on April 30, 1975 was
supported immeasurably by the support and assistance provided by
socialist countries, including China and the Soviet Union, as well as
the people of Laos and Cambodia, among others.
The
Party, State and people of Vietnam will always remember that
wholehearted support and assistance, he said, declaring that the country
has prioritised bolstering the sound friendship and cooperation with
Laos, Cambodia and Cuba.
The guests shared the view that the
historic victory on April 30, 1975 was also shared by the people of
Laos, Cambodia and Cuba.
Laos Vice President
Bounnhang Volachit expressed his profound gratitude towards Vietnam’s
Party, State, army and people for their huge, sincere and efficient
assistance to the Lao people, both then and now.
Cambodian Deputy
PM Men Som An extended her thanks for Vietnam’s help in defeating the
genocidal Khmer Rouge, freeing the Cambodian people and helping the
country become what it is today.
The Cuban
official described the special solidarity between Cuba and Vietnam as an
invaluable asset that needs to be preserved and passed onto the next
generations.
Earlier on April 29, the Lao
Vice President was received by Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan,
while the Cambodian Deputy PM met with her counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc
and the Cuban official was hosted by Hoang Binh Quan, Head of the
External Relations Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central
Committee.-VNA