Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) –
Vietnamese and volunteers offered free health check-ups and
to 350 war veterans and poor families in Saythani district, Vientiane,
Laos on December 17.
Speaking at the event, Chairman of
the Doctors and Friends Club and Human Resources Director of Hung Viet cancer
hospital Nguyen Duc Van said Sabaidee Vientiane 2016 is a that
aims to partly share the suffering of Lao ex-revolutionaries during the
struggle for national liberation.
He hoped that the programme will take
place in Laos annually.
Chairman of the Lao War Veterans’
Association, Maj. Gen Somphon Keomixay, for his part, hailed the activity as a
deed of repaying war veterans for their services to the nation and a vivid
manifestation of the special friendship between Laos and Vietnam.
He also pledged to do his best to educate
young generations about the bilateral everlasting friendship./.
Source: VietnamPlus
