Hanoi, April 3 -- Former President of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and former President of Laos Khamtay Siphandone, who passed away on April 2 at the age of 102, is one of the Lao leaders with great contributions to promote and deepen the Vietnam-Laos relations. Together with Presidents Ho Chi Minh, Kaysone Phomvihane and Souphanouvong, President Khamtay Siphandone, and leaders of the two countries have laid a strong foundation and wholeheartedly nurtured the Laos-Vietnam special solidarity, making it an exemplary, faithful, and pure relationship that is rare in the world. He was the first to represent the Lao Government to meet with comrade Pham Van Dong, permanent representative of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in So...