Laos bids farewell to revolutionary hero, former Party and state leader


VIENTIANE: Lao people from all walks of life on Monday (April 7) joined Party and state leaders to bid a final farewell to a revolutionary hero and former Chairman of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and former President, General Khamtay Siphandone (pic).

The General, who was an outstanding revolutionary and among the first generation of leaders of the Party that led the Lao people in their long struggle for national liberation, died on April 2 at the age of 102.

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