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Vietnam, Laos bolster bilateral relations

Moscow, April 16 (VNA) – Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad on April 15 visited the Hanoi-Moscow Complex (Incentra) in Moscow, whose activities, he said, help boost investment cooperation of ASEAN businesses, including those from Laos, in Russia.

Le Truong Son, Incentra Director-General, informed the Lao leader of the corporation’s plan to organise a high-quality goods fair of ASEAN member states on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-Russia diplomatic ties with the aim to further enhance bilateral trade ties.

He expressed his hope that the Lao Government and offices will facilitate the investment and business of Lao enterprises in Incentra.

The Lao Deputy PM stated he believes that the organisation of the fair will offer a chance for ASEAN enterprises to gain access to the Russian market and others in the Eurasian Economic Union.

Also on the day, on the occasion of Laos’ traditional Bunpimay New Year festival, Nguyen Hung, Envoy at the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, paid a visit to the Lao Embassy in the country, to extend his New Year’s wishes to the embassy staff.

Lao Ambassador Thieng Boupha affirmed to continue close coordination with the Vietnamese embassy to tighten the relations between the two countries and the two embassies in particular.
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Image of President Ho Chi Minh appears on ballots at Uruguay Communist Party congress

Image of President Ho Chi Minh appears on ballots at Uruguay Communist Party congress

Among the ballots used at the congress were three featuring posters of President Ho Chi Minh and one bearing an image depicting the Vietnamese people engaged in production during the period of resistance against foreign aggression. The latter also carried the inscriptions “80th Anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day” and “33rd National Congress of the PCU".

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