Sri Lanka, Vietnam boost solidarity, friendship

At a reception for the delegation in Hanoi on May 27, the host said both sides should promote all-level exchange visits aimed at deepening bilateral ties in the future, and believed that the Sri Lankan government and people will recover from the recent landslide that killed and injured hundreds of people. 

Samitha Thero, who is also a member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party’s Politburo and the Southern Provincial Council of Sri Lanka, congratulated Thinh in her new position, which he said, has demonstrated Vietnam’s stance on enhancing women’s role in the country's leadership. 

He said he hopes the two countries would further augment people-to-people exchanges and economic cooperation for the benefit of the two peoples, aside from political, cultural and educational joint work.