According to Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council Nguyen Lam Thanh, ethnic work and national unity always played a strategic role in the Vietnamese revolution to enhance the principles of equality and solidarity.

In the last months of 2023, the local Unions of Friendship Organizations focus on maintaining and developing relations with existing partners, strengthening relations with neighbors and traditional countries. They develop and expand relationships with new partners to organize exchange, friendship and cooperation activities.

Colonel Nguyen Duc Hanh, Chairman of the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association in Thai Binh province, is happy to show the photo of his adopted son Bounpheng Lathamsathith saved on his phone, who is working as a surgeon at Hanoi - Vientiane General Hospital.