Lao newspaper spotlights Vietnamese NA Chairman's official visit
Pasaxon, the organ of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRD), has published an article on the official visit to Laos by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, describing the trip as an important event in the history of the two countries’ traditional relations.
Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is welcomed at Wattay international airport in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Pasaxon, the organ of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRD), has published an article on the official visit to Laos by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, describing the trip as an important event in the history of the two countries’ traditional relations.
According to the article, titled “Laos-Vietnam relations are deepening”, the visit takes place in the context that the two countries are preparing to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962 - September 5, 2022) and the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (July 18, 1977 - July 18, 2022) and the Laos - Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022.
It affirmed that the visit to Laos of the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation allows the two nations to continue inheriting, cultivating and developing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive relationship between the two Parties, the two States and the people of Laos and Vietnam.
According to the article, Laos and Vietnam share a border of more than 2,000km, and the close relationship between the two countries has been cultivated since the historical period of national construction and defence in each country. The great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam continue to deepen in all fields.
Despite complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders of the two countries have still regularly exchanged high-level delegations in various forms from the central to local levels. The highlight was the official friendship visits to Vietnam by Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavan and Vice President Pany Yathotou.
The two countries have implemented cooperative mechanisms in all fields, especially defence-security cooperation, coordinated in safeguarding the borderline of peace and friendship. Their economic, cultural, educational and scientific-technical cooperation has developed continuously.
Bilateral trade turnover reached 1.37 billion USD last year, an increase of 33 percent compared to 2020, exceeding the 10 percent target set by the two countries' senior leaders. Of which, Vietnam's import turnover from Laos hit nearly 780 million USD, up 70 percent compared to that of 2020.
꧂ In conclusion, the organ wished the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam will last forever./.
PathetLao Daily, a publication of the Lao News Agency, ran an article on May 13 about the upcoming visit by Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, saying the trip reflects the Vietnamese Party and State’s respect for the ties and special political trust with Laos.
Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to pay an official visit to Laos on May 15-17 at the invitation of his Lao counterpart Xaysomphone Phomvihane.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh in Washington D.C on May 13 afternoon (US time) on the occasion of their attending the ASEAN-US Special Summit.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese legislature left Hanoi on May 15 morning for a three-day official visit to Laos.
State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
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Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Pham Viet Hung praised the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ meaningful initiative, noting that the ASEAN Family Run was not only a sporting activity but also an opportunity for diplomats and their families to show unity, connection, and solidarity within the ASEAN family.
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Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Cuong highlighted ASEAN’s nearly six decades of development, during which the region transformed from division to harmony, from confrontation to cooperation, and from poverty to dynamic growth, becoming a global bright spot for regional cooperation.
Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is welcomed at Wattay international airport in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo: VNA) 
