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(KPL/VNA) The Dien Bien Phu Victory serves as a foundation for Vietnam to achieve great accomplishments, helping expand the country’s diplomatic sector and improve its position, role, and influence in the regional and international arena, said Khamphanh Pheuyavong, Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Propaganda and Training.
(KPL/VNA) The Dien Bien Phu Victory serves as
a foundation for Vietnam to achieve great accomplishments, helping expand the
country’s diplomatic sector and improve its position, role, and influence in
the regional and international arena, said Khamphanh Pheuyavong, Secretary of
the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and head of its
Commission for Propaganda and Training.
In a recent interview granted to the Vietnam
News Agency on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the triumph which
shattered the colonial system of imperialism, the official, who is also
Chairman of the LPRP Central Committee’s Theory Council, said the victory
contributed to breaking the colonialist ambition of France, forcing it to sign
the Geneva Accords on ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina, and
recognising independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia. It also laid a foundation for Vietnam to reach
comprehensive development, he added.
Thanks to the victory, political stability in
Vietnam was maintained, and the leadership role of the Communist Party of
Vietnam (CPV) enhanced, he said, adding that the state administrative system
was robust, earning the trust and support of the people to the Party’s
leadership.
Vietnam witnessed stable economic growth,
enabling poverty reduction, and improving living standards for the people, not
only helping the country escape underdevelopment but also improving its overall
strength, he noted.
Seven decades after the victory that
resonated across continents and shook the world, Vietnam has not only obtained
unification, but also maintained its independence, sovereignty, and territorial
integrity, including seas, skies, islands, and the socialist regime, the Lao
official said.
He stressed that the Dien Bien Phu Victory
also brought valuable lessons for his country, helping advance the national
liberation process and the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic
Republic.
The lessons served as guiding principles and
practical experience that Lao revolutionaries have flexibly applied to the
revolutionary cause in the country, he said.
On the occasion, the Lao official showed his
deep gratitude and appreciation for the great contributions of President Ho Chi
Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap. He sent the best wishes to the Party and State
leaders, and people of Vietnam for the victories and achievements achieved over
the decades.
He expressed his hope that the Party, State,
and people of Vietnam, under the leadership of General Secretary Nguyen Phu
Trong, will continue to achieve greater successes.
He wished the great friendship, special
solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between between Laos and Vietnam to be
forever sustainable and increasingly bear fruit.
KPL