VietNamNet Bridge - A photo exhibition capturing the steadfast solidarity and comprehensive co-operation between Vietnam and Laos over the last 50 years opened at the HCM City Youth Cultural House, the Chi Lang Park and on Dong Khoi Road, HCM City on July 17.

Organized by the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the city's Department of Foreign Affairs, the exhibition introduces 190 photographs showcasing strong bonds forged by both nations during the wars they fought against the French and the US for national independence.

They also reflect the traditional friendship enjoyed by the two neighboring nations and the co-operative ties between HCM City and the Lao cities of Vientiane and Champasak.

The exhibition will be open until July 23.

Some pictures at the exhibition:

President Ho Chi Minh and Prince Souphanouvong at the Viet Bac Base in 1951.
President Ho Chi Minh and President Kaysone Phomvihane in Hanoi in 1966.
Vietnam-Lao coalition troops in 1946.
Vietnam-Lao coalition troops in Lao Bao battlefield in the central province of Quang Tri in 1946.
General Vo Nguyen Giap (third from the left) and Prince Souphanouvong (fourth from the left) and Vietnamese-Lao officials discussed the Upper Laos campaign in 1953.
Vietnam’s Red Cross Hospital which was built in Xieng Khoang, Laos in 1960.
Lao Party Secretary General Kaysone Phomvihane visited a Vietnamese voluntary army unit in Laos in 1970.
Commander Dong Si Nguyen reported to General Vo Nguyen Giap the operational plan to prepare for the Road 9 – South Laos campaign in 1971.
Vietnamese soldiers in the the Road 9 – South Laos campaign.
Khang Khay people, in Xieng Khoang province of Laos, joined a meeting to protest the US’ invasion in Vietnam on May 23, 1965.
Vietnamese military experts trained Lao female artillery unit in 1972.

Compiled by Thanh Van