A delegation of the Party Committee and administration of Houaphanh Province of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic laid flowers at the Park of the Statue of President Ho Chi Minh on December 17. This was one of the delegation’s first activities during its working visit to Ho Chi Minh City.

The inauguration and official handover ceremony of the Laos-Viet Nam friendship hospital in Houaphanh province, northern Laos, took place on December 4.