Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia take part in joint rescue exercise


VIENTIANE, Sept 17 (Vientiane Times/ANN): Military personnel from Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia have carried out a joint operation in Vientiane to rehearse rescue procedures in response to natural disasters.

The closing ceremony of the exercise was attended by Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, who is also Party Secretary General; Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, General Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh; Laos’ Deputy Prime Minister and National Defence Minister, General Chansamone Chanyalath; and Vietnam’s Minister of National Defence, General Phan Van Giang.

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