A guide explains a photo to President Thongloun Sisoulith (centre, left) and other senior government leaders attending an exhibition at the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum on Feb 7, 2024. - VT
VIENTIANE: President Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and other government leaders on Wednesday (Feb 7) attended an event to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Khamtay Siphandone and reflect on his virtues and his outstanding achievements for the nation and all Lao people.
Speaking at the event, Vice President Bounthong Chitmany said that on this momentous occasion the Party and state and Lao citizens recalled and praised the great virtues of the president and his untiring dedication to the liberation and self-determination of his country.
President Khamtay Siphandone was a great patriot, an outstanding revolutionary, and capable and firm in all situations, Dr Bounthong said.
President Khamtay Siphandone was one of the first generation of leaders who stood side by side with President Kaysone Phomvihane and other leaders in establishing the revolutionary party and army in Laos.
As part of the celebrations, an exhibition of photos, documents and books titled “The Life and Revolutionary Activities of President Khamtay Siphandone” opened on Wednesday at the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum in Vientiane.
This exhibition aims to publicise the life and revolutionary activities of President Khamtay Siphandone, who made such an important contribution to the revolutionary mission of the Party and the people, to the extent that everyone in Laos and many other countries knew of his determination to achieve victory and free Laos from foreign domination.
At the same time, the exhibition is an educational opportunity for all employees, Party members, soldiers, police, students, and Lao and foreign visitors, teaching them about the valiant efforts of the former President and other Party and state leaders.
The exhibition is open to the public for three months. - Vientiane Times/ANN
