Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Wattay International Airport in Vientiane on Friday afternoon, concluding their two-day official visit to Laos at the invitation of Lao Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith.
Hung held talks with his Lao counterpart and met with Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos, as well as National Assembly President Sonexay Siphandone. Together with Saleumxay, he co-chaired the Vietnam-Laos Investment Promotion Conference.
The Vietnamese Prime Minister also met with Laopaoxong Navongxay, Vice President of the Central Committee of the Lao Front for National Construction, and Boviengkham Vongdala, President of the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association. He also met staff of the Vietnamese Embassy, representatives of Vietnamese agencies and members of the Vietnamese community in Laos.
During the talks, the two prime ministers witnessed the exchange of 11 cooperation documents covering security, justice, finance, energy, education and training, ethnic affairs, religious affairs and cooperation between localities. They also attended the handover ceremony for the Data and Citizen Identification Centre Project and the launch of the Laos-Vietnam Friendship University project.
At the investment promotion conference, the two leaders witnessed the presentation of 17 investment certificates and cooperation agreements involving agencies and businesses from both countries.
The visit is expected to deepen the great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic cohesion between Vietnam and Laos, making bilateral ties more substantive and effective. VNA/VNS.
Sources: Viet Nam News
