Twenty leading officials and managers of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) have graduated from a course in high-level political theory, the tenth of its kind to be organised by the Ho Chi Minh Political and Administrative Academy.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony in Hanoi on Jan. 12, associate professor Dr. Vu Dinh Hoe, vice director of the academy, praised the Lao officials for their successful completion of the course, thus contributing to strengthening and enhancing the special solidarity and friendship enjoyed by Vietnam and Laos.
“Armed with the up-to-date knowledge and valuable experience that they gained during the course, the Lao officials would possess a greater awareness of the importance of their work, thus helping to strengthen the numbers of leading officials and key managers within the Lao political system,” Hoe said.
Laos ’ ambassador to Vietnam , Sun Thone Xaya Chac, said that the course is a necessary and important activity to ensure an improvement in the Lao officials’ knowledge of political theory.
She said she hoped to continue this effective cooperation with Vietnam by offering political theory training for more Lao officials in the future.
The five-month course provided the 20 Lao trainees with a basic knowledge of Marxist-Leninist theory and Ho Chi Minh Thought, as well as lessons in leadership from the Communist Party of Vietnam and the LPRP.
As part of the course requirements, the trainees also conducted a number of field tours.
The Russian government should take all necessary measures to ensure the security of Vietnamese students and other foreigners who currently live in Russia , according to a Foreign Ministry spokesman.
In response to reporters’ questions on Jan. 12 regarding Vietnam’s reaction to the brutal killing of a Vietnamese student in Moscow two days before, spokesman Le Dung condemned this barbarous act.
He expressed the Foreign Ministry’s sorrow upon learning of Tang Quoc Binh’s killing in Moscow and extended his deepest condolences to the family and relatives of the student.
Following the news of the killing, the Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow sent a message to the relevant Russian ministries, expressing its deep concern over the matter, and asked the relevant Russian agencies to investigate the case as a matter of urgency, he said.
The embassy is also coordinating with the victim’s family and Russian authorities to prepare for the repatriation of Binh’s body, the spokesman added.
He proposed that the Russian government find and punish those responsible as soon as possible and to take effective measures to ensure the security of all foreigners currently living in Russia.
A meeting to mark the 50th anniversary of Cuba ’s revolution was held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 12.
Addressing the meeting, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Dua praised the achievements of Cuban communist party and people have made during the process of national construction and defence for over the past 50 years.
Cuba has become a leading country in the fields of education, sports, health care and bio-technology, he said.
He thanked Cuban specialists and engineers for their help in carrying out Ho Chi Minh City’s key projects, adding that the city pledges to create the most favourable conditions for Cuban investors to do business. The city will also strengthen cooperation with Cuba in the health and bio-technology sectors, said Dua.
Cuban ambassador to Vietnam Fredesman Turro Gonzalet said that the close ties between nations are a model for developing countries and the past 50-year period is proof of their solidarity and friendship relation.
(Source: VNA) | 
