The Communist Party
of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee has sent a congratulatory message to the 9th
National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), affirming
support and belief in the Lao revolutionary cause.

The CPV Central Committee on behalf
of the Vietnamese Party and people expressed its pleasure with the great,
comprehensive and historically significant achievements recorded by the Lao
fraternal people after 25 years of the renovation process and five years of
implementation of the 8^th Congress Resolution, saying they
unceasingly increased the Lao revolution’s strength and raised the prestige and
position of Laos in the international arena.

“The successes reaffirm the correct
and creative policy of the LPRP, a party unyielding to all difficulties and
challenges, striving for the goal of national independence, for a strong and
rich country and people’s happiness, for peace, national independence, democracy
and social progress in the world,” the message said.

The 9^th national congress
of the DPRP is an important event of the Lao Party, State and people, marking a
new stage of development of the Lao revolution, mapping out guidelines to
continue increasing the national great solidarity bloc and unity in the entire
Party. It raises the role and the capacity of the leadership, organises the
successful implementation of the renovation process, striving to bring the
country out of underdevelopment by 2020, creating a premise for
industrialisation and modernisation of the country as it develops strongly
towards socialism.

“Being a close friend and comrade of
the Lao party and people of tribes, we always provide support and strongly
believe that under the leadership of the DPRP, the Lao fraternal people will
continue to obtain new and greater achievements in their national renovation,
successfully implementing the Resolution of the 9^th National Party
Congress, and building Laos into a state of peace, independence, democracy,
unity and prosperity,” it affirmed.

In its message, the CPV Central
Committee described the traditional friendship, special solidarity and
comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos, fostered by the late
President Ho Chi Minh, the late President Kaysone Phomvihane and generations of
leaders of the two parties, states and peoples as an element of the success of
the revolutionary cause of each country.

“The Vietnamese Party, State and
people will spare no effort to join hands with the Lao Party, State and people
to treasure and bring the special relations to a new height, for the benefit of
people in each country, for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the
region and the world,” the message said.

The CPV Central Committee took this
opportunity to express its deep gratitude to the Lao Party, State and people for
their valuable support and assistance to their Vietnamese counterparts during
the struggle for national liberation, reunification in the past as well as
during the doi moi (renewal) process, and the present national construction and
defence.

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