Vientiane, April 5 -- A delegation comprising representatives from the Embassy of Vietnam, affiliated agencies, and the Vietnamese community in Laos, led by Ambassador Nguyen Minh Tam, on April 5 paid tribute to Khamtay Siphandone, former President of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and former President of the Laos.

After the tribute-paying ceremony, Tam wrote in the condolence book, expressing his profound sorrow and describing Khamtay Siphandone as an outstanding leader of the Lao people and a steadfast revolutionary who devoted his whole life to the cause of national independence, the happiness of the people, and the country's prosperity.

He emphasised that General Khamtay Siphandone's passing is not onl...