According to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, on 3.4.2025, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam will lead the senior delegation of the Party and the State of Vietnam to visit the former Chairman of the Lao Revolutionary People's Party, former President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Khamtay Siphandone in Vientiane, Laos.
Earlier, informed that General Khamtay Siphandone - former Chairman of the Party, former President of Laos died on April 2, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the President, the Government, the National Assembly, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front had a condolences to the Central Committee of the Lao Revolutionary People's Party, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos, the Lao People's Committee of the Lao People's Committee, the Lao People's Committee Laos battle to build the country.
The content of the telegram is as follows:
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the President, the Government, the National Assembly, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the people of Vietnam would like to express infinite grief when it was reported that General Khamtay Siphandone, former chairman of the Party, former President of Laos died on 2.4.2025.
Comrade Khamtay Siphandone is an outstanding leader of the first generation, the core of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, an outstanding son of the Lao ethnic people, a loyal revolutionary soldier who has sacrificed his life to strive for national independence, freedom, happiness of the people and the prosperous development of Laos.
Comrade Khamtay Siphandone's passing away is a huge loss for the Lao Party, State, people and the poor. The Party, State, Army and People of Vietnam have lost a great friend, a very close comrade, who has fought side by side in the arduous resistance wars of the two peoples.
He has always supported the cause of building and defending the country of the Vietnamese people and made many important contributions to building, consolidating and developing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.
The Party, State and people of Vietnam highly appreciate the great contributions of Comrade Khamtay Siphandone in the struggle for national independence of the Lao people in the past as well as in the cause of innovation, protection, construction and development of Laos today.
The Party, State, Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the people of Vietnam would like to send our deepest condolences to the Party, State, Central Committee of the Lao People's Front for National Construction and the people of Laos and comrade Khamtay Siphandone's family.
We believe that the Party, State, and people of Laos, brothers and sisters, and the family of comrade Khamtay Siphandone will soon overcome this great pain and loss, continuing the cause of building Laos to develop more and more prosperously.
