Hanoi, Dec. 1 -- Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith praised Vietnam's great victories and achievements over the past eight decades under the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)'s leadership in an editorial published in Vietnamese daily Nhan dan (People) on December 1.

The article coincides with General Secretary of CPV Central Committee To Lam's two-day state visit to Vientiane starting on December 1 to attend celebrations for Laos' 50th National Day and co-chair a high-level meeting between the CPV and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).

Thongloun traced Vietnam's modern history to the 1930 founding of the Indochinese Communist Party, now the CPV, by great President Ho Chi Minh, describing it as dec...