Lao PM hails Vietnam-Lao cooperative ties

July 23,c1 nam châu âu 2016 - 11:23

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Vice President Phankham Viphavan hailed the fruitful relations between the two Parties, States, Governments and peoples of Việt Nam and Laos.

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Vice President Phankham Viphavan hailed the fruitful relations between the two Parties, States, Governments and peoples of Việt Nam and Laos. — VNA/VNS Photo

VIENTIANE — Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Vice President Phankham Viphavan hailed the fruitful relations between the two Parties, States, Governments and peoples of Việt Nam and Laos.

During their receptions yesterday for Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh, who is in Laos to attend the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-49) and related meetings, the host leaders called for active and effective implementation of the agreements reached during the visits of the respective senior leaders to each other’s countries.

For his part, Deputy PM Minh said Việt Nam’s ministries and localities had actively implemented the agreements reached during the two nations’ high-level contacts, including the visits to Việt Nam made by Lao PM Thongloun Sisoulith in May and Vice President Phankham Viphavan in July.

In the spirit of the meeting between Việt Nam’s PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoutlith on the sidelines of the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Mongolia, Việt Nam would work together with Laos, as the ASEAN chair, and other ASEAN nations to consolidate regional solidarity, promote the building of the ASEAN Community and forge the central role of the bloc in maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region, Minh affirmed. — VNS