Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith on December 24 presented the noble order to the Commission’s Laos and Cambodia Department, the Protocol-Administration Department and the Office.
Speaking at the ceremony, Thongloun Sisoulith, who is also a Politburo member and Head of Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, thanked the Commission for External Relations of Vietnam for its close co-operation with the Lao counterpart.
He hailed achievements and contributions made by the three departments’ officials as well as the Commission, thus contributing to strengthening the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive co-operation between the two parties, states and peoples.