A commemorative meeting was held by the Lao Ministry of National Defence
on April 30 in the country’s capital, Vientiane, to mark the 40th
anniversary of Vietnam’s Southern Liberation and National Reunification.
The event was attended by Deputy Defence
Minister, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Chansamon Channhalat, Vietnamese Ambassador
to Laos, Nguyen Manh Hung, and representatives from the Vietnamese
overseas and business community in Laos.
During
the event, the General discussed the historic victory, describing it as
an event that shook the world. He said that it is not only a milestone
in the history of Vietnam, as the triumph inspired the revolutions of
the Lao and Cambodian people and was supported by peace-lovers around
the world.
He hailed the sound leadership of the
Communist Party of Vietnam, the late President Ho Chi Minh and the
solidarity of the Vietnamese people for their role in the 1975 victory.
The Party, the State and the people of Laos
pledge to continue their comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam,
protecting and consolidating their special friendship, the Lao deputy
minister proclaimed.
The anniversary has been
marked across Laos, with a number of documentary films screened
exploring the war, the victory and the aftermath. The Lao media has
widely covered the events of April 1975 and hailed the achievements
Vietnam has made in the four decades since.
On
the other side of the world, the anniversary has also been marked. On
April 28, the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico and the Mexico-Vietnam
Friendship Parliamentarian Group held a celebratory meeting.
Addressing the event, Mexican Labour Party (PT) General Secretary and
President of the Parliamentarian Group, Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez, hailed
the significance of triumph forty years ago. He said Vietnam set a
shining example with its determination to fight for independence,
inspiring other countries around the world.
He
wished yet greater success for the Vietnamese people in 2015 and and
wished the nation well in its drive to become a modern and
industrialised country by 2020.-VNA