Top Lao leader’s Vietnam visit – historical milestone in bilateral ties
The freshly-concluded visit to Vietnam by Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith has become a historical milestone contributing to lifting the relations between the two countries to a new high, a Vietnamese Party official has affirmed.
Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) and Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The freshly-concluded visitto Vietnam by Lao Party General Secretary and State President ThonglounSisoulith has become a historical milestone contributing to lifting therelations between the two countries to a new high, a Vietnamese Party officialhas affirmed.
Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission forExternal Relations Le Hoai Trung told the press in Hanoi on June 29 thatVietnamese and Lao leaders shared the same view on the great significance of ThonglounSisoulith’s official visit to Vietnam from June 28-29.
The visit has helped to deepen the great friendship,special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries,while advancing their bilateral cooperation, he continued.
This is the first Vietnam visit by ThonglounSisoulith after taking up the top positions of the Lao Party and State, and alsothe first visit by a top foreign Party and State leader after the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right) and Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith (Photo: VNA)
The leaders compared notes on the situation in theirrespective countries, as well as in the region and the world, and briefed eachother on development orientations, and foreign policies and guidelines of theircountries.
They reiterated the significance of the bilateralrelationship, which is an invaluable legacy and a valuable asset of bothcountries, and an especially rare relationship in the world, according toTrung.
For his part, head of the Lao People's RevolutionaryParty (LPRP) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations ThongsavanhPhomvihane said the visit is a success and a milestone to further tighten andpromote the bilateral ties.
It demonstrates the fine traditions as well as thedynamism of the Vietnam-Laos relations in the new period, he said.
To materialise the visit’s outcomes and promote therelations between the two Parties and States, the official suggested the twosides expand the cooperation between agencies in the political system and mass organisationsat all levels of the two countries.
At the talks between Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith (Photo: VNA)
The two countries should build an action programmeto concretise the joint statement and agreements reached by the two sides, andcollaboration in organizing the implementation of those documents towards theset goal, he said.
The Lao Party and State always attach importance andgive priorities to the Vietnam-Laos relationship, and will work to deepen it,making it match achievements in political and national defence cooperation, aswished by generations of the two countries’ Party and State leaders, heaffirmed.
Echoing Trung’s view, the official said therelationship is an invaluable asset and a decisive factor to victories of the Vietnameseand Lao peoples, and Laos will continue to preserve and develop it./.
Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith on June 29 hosted a reception for President of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien and leaders of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association, and the Liaison Committee for former Vietnamese Volunteer Soldiers and Military Experts in Laos.
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Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) and Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith (Photo: VNA) 
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right) and Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith (Photo: VNA) 
At the talks between Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith (Photo: VNA) 
