Vietnam-Lao special relations continue to be nurtured
Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane will pay an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-8 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
The talks between Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith in Hanoi in June 2021 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) 👍– Chairman of the Lao National Assembly SaysomphonePhomvihane will pay an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-8 at theinvitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Vuong Dinh Hue.
Thisis the first overseas visit by the Lao official in his new position, and alsothe first in-person by a foreign parliament leader to Vietnam from thebeginning of its 15th tenure. Vietnamand Laos are close neighbours, the two peoples have a traditional relation oflong-lasting friendship. In July 1962, the two countries agreed to establishbilateral diplomatic relation, marking a new milestone. In Party GeneralSecretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to Laos in February2019, the two sides agreed to lift the traditional relationship into the greattraditional one. Bilateral cooperation has become more diverse, and beenunceasingly consolidated and updated in terms of both quantity and quality. Ineconomic cooperation, Vietnam is now one of the top three investors in Laos. Tointensify the mutual support, the two countries are currently acceleratingeconomic and transport connectivity projects. Cooperation in education andtraining remains a priority field. Tohelp with Laos’s sustainable development, Vietnam has been facilitating Laos inusing Piers 1, 2, and 3 at Vung Ang port; providing assistance to Lao inbuilding key projects like schools, hospitals and roads. A point of note is thaton August 10, 2021, Vietnam officially handed to Laos the new office of itsNational Assembly after four years of construction. Facingthe global pandemic, Vietnam was the first to send a special flighttransporting medical equipment and senior experts to help Laos fight the secondwave of the COVID-19. Overthe recent years, the relations between the two National Assemblies have beencontinuing to be accelerated which have made important contributions to the comprehensiverelationship between the two countries. In the context of the COVID-19pandemic, leaders of the two law-making bodies have been maintaining theirregular contacts in flexible forms. Theofficial visit to Vietnam by Saysomphone Phomvihane manifests the specialpolitical trust and importance from the Party, State and National Assembly ofLaos as well as from him personally to Vietnam and the bilateral relations. In thecoming visit, the two sides will continue pushing up the implementation of theagreement on the cooperation between the two parliaments, exchange ideas onorientations and measures to strengthen cooperation between the two countriesand parliaments in the time to come; and share experience in implementing thefunctions of the National Assemblies in the fields of making laws, supervising anddeciding on important issues of the countries./.
The Lao government is discussing the planned route of an expressway running from Vientiane through Xaysomboun, Xieng Khuang and Huaphan provinces to the Vietnamese border, local media reported on November 4.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security will help its Lao counterpart build 287 village police stations in the time ahead, with construction of the first one starting on November 12.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Lao Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare have signed an agreement to expand cooperation in labour and social welfare between the two countries.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 1 extended congratulations to Lao leaders on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of Laos’ National Day (December 2).
Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane will pay an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-8 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Vuong Dinh Hue, the National Assembly Committee for External Relations announced on December 4./.
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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.
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The Vietnamese Party leader's visit is therefore expected to mark a new stage in the development of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries, with a focus on such areas as digital transformation, supply chains, semiconductors, clean energy, and maritime security, Choe assessed.
At their meeting, which took place in the Angolan capital of Luanda on August 7 as part of State President Luong Cuong’s ongoing state visit to the African nation, the two officials also agreed to make full use of existing cooperation mechanisms, particularly the Vietnam – Angola Intergovernmental Committee, and step up exchanges of delegations at all levels.
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Over the past five decades, the Vietnam - Angola relationship has grown steadily, marked by political trust and close bonds between their Parties, States, Governments, and peoples, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.
The talks between Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith in Hanoi in June 2021 (Photo: VNA) 
