(HBO) – A month ago, Le Thi Hai Thien, Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association’s chapter in Hoa Binh, was among those who welcomed a working delegation of Laos to the province. During which, she had a warm reunion with Sunthon Saynhachac, former Lao Ambassador to Vietnam.
Le Thi Hai Thien, Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Laos
Friendship Association’s chapter in Hoa Binh (fourth, from right, at the
Vietnam – Laos people’s friendship festival in Vietnam.
Thien grew up in Thailand but has a special affection for Laos,
as both her mother and brother became "Uncle Ho’s soldiers” and fought in the
country during the war. Upon returning to Vietnam, she wished to connect
Vietnamese, who once lived in Laos, and to foster friendship between the two
nations.
In 1997, with the approval of Hoa Binh authorities, she founded
the Association of Vietnamese Expatriates in Laos and Thailand (later became
the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association in Hoa Binh).
Thien said "despite changed name, concerted efforts from members
of the association always aim at strengthening national solidarity and
people-to-people diplomacy.”
No matter how busy she is, Thien always spends organizing
get-togethers and musical-cultural shows on special occasions such as Laos’
traditional New Year and the Year of Vietnam – Laos solidarity and friendship
2017.
In 2012, she was one of 50 Vietnamese representatives joining 50
Lao delegates in a series of activities held in both Vietnam and Laos to
welcome the Year of Friendship.
With her fluency in Lao language and understanding about the
cultural and spiritual life, customs and habits of Laos, Thien actually worked
a "bridge” between the Vietnamese and Lao delegates during their activities in
Laos and Hoa Binh province.
In 2014, the association was bestowed with a certificate of
merit by the Prime Minister for its contributions to the success of the Vietnam
– Lao friendship year.
Currently, as a member of the standing board of the provincial
Union of Friendship Associations and Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship
Association’s chapter in Hoa Binh, Thien is nurturing initiatives to propel
forward operations of the union and the association as well./.
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