Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits comrade Khamtay Siphandone

On the morning of April 4, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Government to the Embassy of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in Hanoi to pay tribute to the former Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, former President, and former Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his condolences to Ambassador Khamphao Ernthavanh and staff of the Lao Embassy in Vietnam. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Writing in the condolence book and expressing condolences for comrade Khamtay Siphandone, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the passing of comrade Khamtay Siphandone is a great loss to the Lao Party, State and people.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits former Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and former President of Laos Khamtay Siphandone. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

The Vietnamese leaders and people also lost a great friend, a close comrade who always strived for the revolutionary cause of the two brotherly countries Laos and Vietnam and the special relationship between Vietnam and Laos. Comrade Khamtay Siphandone was a senior leader, an outstanding and loyal revolutionary who devoted his whole life to the Lao revolutionary cause.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh writes in the condolence book. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Appreciating the great contributions of comrade Khamtay Siphandone to the Vietnam-Laos relationship, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on behalf of the Vietnamese Government, sent his deepest condolences to the leaders of the Lao Government and the entire family of comrade Khamtay Siphandone.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh writes in the condolence book. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Previously, on April 3, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent a telegram to Comrade Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister of Laos, expressing condolences on the passing of the Prime Minister's father, Comrade Khamtay Siphandone, former Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, former President, and former Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, on April 2, 2025.

Pham Tiep (Vietnam News Agency)

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