VN expresses sympathy with Laos over losses in dam collapse

VGP - Top leaders of Viet Nam have expressed sympathy with their Lao counterparts over the great losses in humans and property caused by the collapse of Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in the Lao province of Attapeu on July 23.

July 25, 2018 9:29 AM GMT+7

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and State President Tran Dai Quang on July 24 sent messages of sympathy to General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachit.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc cabled a message of sympathy to his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith, while Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh also sent a similar message to Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith.

The same day, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a phone call to PM Thongloun Sisoulith, affirming that the Party, State and people of Viet Nam are willing to assist the Lao people to overcome the aftermath of the incident.