Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Nguyễn Long Hải, leads the Vietnamese delegation, and Deputy Secretary of the People’s Revolutionary Youth Union, Khampha Phimasone (Khăm-pha Phi-ma-xỏn), leads the Lao delegation.
The six-day event has been organised in the Lao provinces of Savannakhet, Champassak and Salavan. Delegates will discuss the role of youth in socio-economic development and what measures can be taken to encourage creativeness and the start-up spirit among young people.
This friendly meeting, which has been running since 2000, has become an annual event to strengthen the ties between the youth unions of the two countries.