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Laos supports Vietnam to overcome drought and salinisation

by VTV431 May 2016 Last updated at 07:58 AM

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Laos supports Vietnam to overcome drought and salinisation
(Photo: VGP/Hoang Long)
VTV.vn - President of Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan received 257 thousand USD from the Lao Embassy in Vietnam to support people to overcome damages caused by drought and salinisation.

Addressing the event, the VFF President expressed his gratefulness to the Lao Government and People. He emphasised that the environmental disaster had pushed more than 1 million Vietnamese people into difficulties, with estimated damages to have reached 256 million USD.

The VFF President said the donation showed the traditional relations, the solidarity and mutual support between Laos and Vietnam.