Hanoi, April 8 -- The Lao Embassy in Vietnam on April 8 held a ceremony in Hanoi to celebrate Laos' traditional New Year festival Bunpimay.

The event saw the presence of Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Doan Minh Huan.

On behalf of the leaders of the Party, State and people of Vietnam, Trung extended New Year greetings to the leaders of the Lao Party, State and people.

Congratulating Laos on its important achievements under the leadership of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the official expressed his pleasure at witnessing the Vietnam-Laos relationship continue to develop strongly in a more profound and substantive manner....