President Tan arrives in Laos for state visit
Fresh off his state visit to Cambodia, President Tony Tan Keng Yam arrived on January 11 in Vientiane, the capital city of neighbouring Laos. Dr Tan, in Laos for a state visit until Saturday, was received at the Wattay International Airport by Lao Health Minister Bounkong Syhavong and Vice-Governor of Vientiane Capital Keophilavanh Aphaylath. Today, he will be given a ceremonial welcome at the presidential palace, where a state banquet will be hosted for him by his Lao counterpart Bounnhang Vorachit. He will also lay a ceremonial wreath at the Unknown Soldier Monument.
