A view of the command headquarter of the Infantry Division 1 of the Lao People’s Army (Photo: VNA)Leaders of the Ministries of National Defence of Vietnam and Laos cut the ribbon to inaugurate the building (Photo: VNA)– The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence on January 16 handed over the newly-built command headquarter of the Infantry Division 1 of the Lao People’s Army (LPA) to the Lao side as a gift for the Lao defence ministry.The headquarter is built at a cost of around 2.6 million USD, with 2 million USD funded by the Vietnamese defence ministry and 1.2 billion LAK (nearly 60,000 USD) donated by Company 705 under the Vietnamese defence ministry.Addressing the hand-over ceremony, Lao Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Khamlien Outhakaysone hailed the significance of the gift, stressing that it is just one among many works that the Party, State and army of Vietnam have built for the Lao army over the past years.He said the gift provides more evidence of the great friendship between Laos and Vietnam in general and the two armies in particular./.
