(TTH Portals) - On September 22, 2023 the Standing member of Central Party Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People's Council, Head of National Assembly Delegation of Thua Thien Hue province Le Truong Luu had a courtesy meeting with a delegation from Lao National Assembly's Ethnic Affairs Committee headed by Mr. Khamchanh Sotapaserth, Chairman of Lao National Assembly's Ethnic Affairs Committee. Leaders of Lao National Assembly's Ethnic Affairs Committee, provincial leaders, leaders of relevant departments and agencies attended the meeting.
At the meeting, Secretary Le Truong Luu welcomed and extended his sincere thank to Mr. Khamchanh Sotapaserth, Chairman of Lao National Assembly's Ethnic Affairs Committee.
As informed by Secretary Le Truong Luu, Thua Thien Hue is currently a center for culture, tourism, healthcare and education in Vietnam. It is home to 5 UNESCO-recognized heritages. The province is expected to become a city of culture, heritage, ecology, landscape, environmental friendliness and smart operation.
In the past time, Thua Thien Hue and Lao localities had cooperated in further. Especially, the province signed cooperation agreements with 5 localities located in the south of Vietnam. Events were jointly held by Thua Thien Hue and Lao localities to exchange information and share lessons learned. Currently, there are about 500 Lao students studying in colleges and universities across the province. They are also supported by Thua Thien Hue province via programs. Intermediate political training courses are also about to be organized for grassroots officers in Lao localities by Thua Thien Hue province.
At the meeting
Regards to healthcare, Secretary Le Truong Luu briefly introduced local health care system as well as the capacity of hospitals, particularly Hue Central Hospital which regularly receives Lao patients.
In addition to regular cultural and economic exchange activities, Thua Thien Hue is now focusing on investing in roads and border gate for goods exchange and sustainable poverty alleviation purpose, said Secretary Le Truong Luu.
In the future, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee expected that Thua Thien Hue would further cooperate and connect with Lao localities in cultural exchange, socio-economic investment and development.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Khamchanh Sotapaserth expressed his gratitude to Secretary Le Truong Luu and provincial leaders for the warm welcome. The Chairman of Lao National Assembly's Ethnic Affairs Committee highly appreciated local economic development in the past time.
He was impressed by local landscapes and believed that Hue is a major tourism center country-wide. Through this business trip, Mr. Khamchanh Sotapaserth hoped to learn more about examples for economic development and potential exploitation, learn lesson and further cooperate in the coming time.
In the same afternoon, delegates visited “trong cay go lon” (large timber plantation) model at Hoa Loc Cooperatives, Loc Bon commune, Phu Loc district.
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