Village demonstrates solidarity of Vietnamese, Lao youths
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union (LPRYU) on March 9 handed over the Vietnam-Laos border friendship youth village project to Khamkeut district in the Lao central province of Bolikhamsai.
A corner of the Vietnam-Laos border friendship youth village (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – The Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union (HCYU) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union(LPRYU) on March 9 handed over the Vietnam-Laos border friendship youth villageproject to Khamkeut district in the Lao central province of Bolikhamsai.
Addressing the hand-over ceremony, FirstSecretary of the HCYU Central Committee Le Quoc Phong said the village is asymbol of the bilateral cooperation between the two youth organisations. Itwill provide a place for young people to settle down and serve as a key forcein social-economic development and national defence and security in the borderarea.
The project also aims to provide a model for newresidential areas with sustainable development and transfer modern technologiesin agro-forestry production for young people, he added.
He hoped the Lao side will manage the villageeffectively and continue to build new production models to spur local socio-economicgrowth while strengthening the solidarity, friendship, and comprehensivecollaboration between the two nations’ youngsters.
Secretary of the LPRYU Central CommitteeSonethanou Thammavong expressed his deep gratitude to the Vietnamese Party,State and people, particularly the HCYU, for supporting Laos in anycircumstances.
The project is expected to help Lao farmerschange their mindset in cultivation and animal husbandry, thus improving theirliving standards, he said.
The village is not only a symbol of the twocountries’ cooperation but also promotes the traditional solidarity between thetwo peoples, especially among youngsters.
Right after the signing and hand-over ceremony,the two youth unions prevented gift packages to a dozen of households living inthe village, which covers 1,034 hectares in Khamkeut district.
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A corner of the Vietnam-Laos border friendship youth village (Photo: VNA)
