Strengthening solidarity and friendship between the two localities.

Many results from the collaboration.

During the reception for the Salavan provincial delegation visiting Hue City in late May 2025, leaders of the Hue City Party Committee's Propaganda and Service Department and the Salavan Provincial Propaganda Department assessed that the special traditional friendship between Hue City and Salavan province is becoming increasingly close, trustworthy, effective, and practical in all fields, from politics , diplomacy, national security and defense, culture, education, and health...

Hue City has been providing Vietnamese language and university/college-level training to 1,452 Lao students; of which, nearly 250 are from Salavan province. From 2023 to the present, the Nguyen Chi Thanh Political School has organized short-term training courses to enhance leadership and management skills for 30 students from Salavan province; in addition, it has provided intermediate-level political theory training for 12 students from the neighboring province.

According to the leaders of the City Party Committee's Department of Information and Communications, Hue City has facilitated visits and treatment for leaders and residents of Salavan province at Hue Central Hospital and Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital. Hue Central Hospital applies the same medical examination and treatment fees as Vietnamese patients. In 2024 alone, Hue Central Hospital provided medical examination and treatment to nearly 1,150 Lao patients, many of whom were from Salavan province.

Upholding the spirit of good cooperation and friendship, Hue City has provided much support to the people of Salavan province in the border area to stabilize their lives, by providing food, necessities, seeds, and livestock; guiding technical skills and farming models; supporting medical examinations and treatment, and distributing some types of medicine free of charge to people at the Sa Muoi District Health Station, Salavan province.

Mr. Chasamon Phommaseng, Head of the Salavan Provincial Steering Committee, assessed: The support from Hue City over the past period has been immense for Salavan province, helping to strengthen socio-economic development and ensure local social welfare. The support in political theory training has contributed to enhancing the political acumen, experience, and quality of work management of Salavan provincial officials. This is a high-quality human resource for managing local affairs in the new era, aiming for further development in the future.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Phuong, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee's Propaganda and Service Department, informed: Through the local authorities, Hue has donated many learning tools and primary school Vietnamese textbooks to students studying at schools under the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association in Salavan province. This is a practical activity to provide additional support for children to have sufficient facilities for learning; at the same time, it aims to honor the national language, help spread love for the Vietnamese language, create motivation to promote the teaching and learning of Vietnamese in the Vietnamese community abroad, and contribute to helping the younger generation of Vietnamese abroad enhance their understanding, preserve and promote the cultural identity and traditions of the Vietnamese nation.

New collaborations

Mr. Hoang Khanh Hung, Standing Committee Member and Head of the Propaganda and Service Department of the Hue City Party Committee, emphasized: The traditionally good friendship with Salavan province has always been identified by Hue City as one of the key tasks in the city's foreign affairs and diplomacy. The two countries and two localities are entering a new stage of development, so cooperation needs to be strengthened and made more effective.

To meet development requirements, especially to contribute to strengthening cooperation and mutual assistance, the Propaganda and Education Department of the Hue City Party Committee and the Salavan Propaganda Department have agreed to sign a new cooperation agreement with several key contents. These include promoting and diversifying propaganda and education work among cadres, Party members, armed forces, and the people of both localities. Both sides will implement several new cooperation mechanisms with more diverse and practical forms. This includes increasing online meetings to share information and practical experiences; organizing theoretical seminars; and publishing leaflets and propaganda materials.

During a courtesy meeting with a delegation from Salavan province at the end of May 2025, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Pham Duc Tien, expressed his wish that the two localities strengthen activities to promote each other's culture, tourism, and cuisine; and regularly exchange delegations to participate in cultural activities and festivals. Through this, not only will it contribute positively to enhancing the promotion of the potential and strengths of cultural, sports, tourism, and cultural heritage development of the localities, but it will also help create tourism corridors linking important destinations in the ASEAN region.

Another area that Hue City leaders hope to further promote cooperation on in the coming time is the upgraded Chan May deep-water port with 3 berths, capable of receiving cargo ships with a tonnage of 70,000 tons. The city is implementing several policies to support shipping companies and businesses transporting goods to and from Chan May port. Salavan Province could inform businesses interested in exploiting and using this service at Chan May port; and study diversifying the structure of export goods to increase export opportunities for Hue City to Lao localities and vice versa.

Text and photos: Hanh Nguyen

Source: https://huengaynay.vn/chinh-polit-xa-hoi/them-hop-tac-giua-hue-va-salavan-155318.html