(HBO) – Whenever possible, the two Lao women adopted by Luong Son Toan, a resident in Chieng Sai hamlet of Mai Chau township (Mai Chau district), amid numerous hardships in the past return to Mai Chau to visit their beloved Vietnamese family.
Lac hamlet in Chieng Chau communes (Mai Chau district)
witnesses touching stories about the Vietnam - Laos relations as it was where
some children from the other side of the border were brought up.
Borderless
ties
Poet Lo Cao Nhum, a resident in Lac hamlet of
Chieng Chau commune who witnessed this touching story, said in the years full of
difficulties and hardships, the family of Luong Son Toan in Chieng Sai hamlet
still adopted two orphaned girls of the Lao nationality and helped them go to
school. Living up to their adoptive parents’ expectations, the daughters passed
examinations to enroll in the Tay Bac (Northwest) College for Culture and Arts
and then became artists of the Lao army’s art troupe.
Nhum said they have returned to visit their
adoptive parents for many times.
Kha Van Nhut, Secretary of the Party Committee
of Na Phon commune, said in the 1960s, the Party Committee and People’s
Committee of Mai Chau district evacuated to Nhot hamlet, where local residents
welcomed and guaranteed absolute safety for a meeting between First Secretary
of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Le Duan and President of
Laos Souphanouvong. After that important event, Mai Chau people frequently held
the responsibility for protecting President Souphanouvong and many other senior
officials of Laos during their movement along the historic Road 15.
Further
strengthening friendship, solidarity
In the resistance war against French
colonialists, due to Mai Chau’s strategic location, people of all ethnic groups
here not only engaged in the fight and delivered support to Vietnamese soldiers
in the northwestern battlefield, but also enthusiastically assisted their
compatriots in Hoa Binh province and nationwide to perform the noble
international mission of helping the Lao revolution in the struggle against the
common enemy, according to former Secretary of the Mai Chau district Party
Committee Kha Phuc Giang.
In addition, after setting up a logistics base
in Mai Chau, the Pathet Lao armed propaganda team came to Vietnam to coordinate
with Vietnam’s military units to establish a Vietnam - Laos joint armed
propaganda team. Within two months, this team worked actively in the two
countries’ border areas and along the Ma River, leaving strong impression on
local residents.
During the resistance war against the US, Mai
Chau also witnessed evidence of the Vietnam - Laos friendship when it was a
transit point for goods, foods, ammunition, and medicine from Hai Phong Port to
Sam Neua town of Laos. Along Road 15 from Suoi Rut to Van Mai, many places were
used to store weapons and vehicles of the Lao army. In particular, Mai Chau
also accommodated a school for training Lao cadres during this period.
Upholding that precious tradition, after the
war, the district sent many of its experienced personnel to assist the
localities facing difficulties in Laos.
Ha Cong Nghi, Standing Vice Secretary of the Mai
Chau district Party Committee, said nowadays, though there haven’t been many
economic activities between Mai Chau and Viengxay and Sop Bao districts of
Laos’ Houaphanh province, the two sides have still organised frequent meetings
and cultural exchanges to help intensify the faithful and close-knit ties
between Vietnam and Laos./.
Seven years after the 12th Party Central Committee’s Resolution, Tan Lac district has seen considerable progresses.
The Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee has held a conference to announce decisions regarding the apparatus restructuring of the province’s political system and personnel affairs.
Following the results of the military enlistment examination for 2025, Lac Son district has seen 100 young men and women volunteering to enlist in the military. Among these recruits, there are several families where two siblings have both written voluntary enlistment letters, eager to undertake the sacred task of protecting the nation.
As the Party Organisation and people of Hoa Binh province welcome the arrival of spring, they take pride in the remarkable achievements obtained under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), which turns 95 this spring. With a shared determination to build a prosperous future, they embrace ambitious aspirations for national development, joining hands with the whole country to prepare to enter a new era-one of national progress and advancement.
In 2023, the relic site where President Ho Chi Minh visited the Chi Hoa Production Group in Lam Son commune, Luong Son district of Hoa Binh province, was officially recognised as a provincial-level revolutionary historical site. Each year, it draws numerous visitors from across Vietnam and abroad, becoming a "red address" for educating young generations on the nation's revolutionary traditions.
According to the Party Charter, Party members who have been active in the revolution for a long time, and have maintained their Party membership for 30 years and more, will be awarded the Party badge. This is a noble reward, not only a source of pride and excitement for the Party members themselves and their families, but also a source of pride for the Party organisation that has such outstanding members who are shining examples for everyone to learn from and follow.
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