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Grand welcome ceremony for Lao leader in Hanoi

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a grand welcome ceremony for General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith in Hanoi on December 19.
Grand welcome ceremony for Lao leader in Hanoi ảnh 1Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a grand welcome ceremony for Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith on December 19. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – General Secretary ofthe Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a grand welcomeceremony for General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) andPresident of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith in Hanoi on December 19.

The three-day visit is from December 19 made atthe invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President TranDai Quang with a view to promoting the traditional friendship, specialsolidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

This is the second official friendly visit ofthe Lao leader during his tenure (2016-2021). 

The visit is also expected to strengthensolidarity and political trust between the two Parties and countries. This isalso a chance for Vietnam to affirm support to Laos during its cause ofnational defence and development.

The Vietnam-Laos relationship has been growingin all fields.

Bilateral political relations have been promoted,with high-level meetings regularly organised and collaboration mechanismsconstantly strengthened.

Both sides have worked together closely inpopularising the Vietnam-Laos ties and holding celebrations of the 55thanniversary of their diplomatic relations and 40 years of the Treaty ofFriendship and Cooperation.

Defence-security and external relationpartnership has been fruitful. Vietnam and Laos have coordinated to build ashared border of stability and sustainable development. They have completed ajoint project to upgrade and build more border markers, with 1,002 markersupgraded and built.
  
The two countries’ governments have alsofinalised legal procedures for a protocol on land border.

Two-way trade reached 720.4 million USD this year toOctober, up 8.7 percent over the same period last year, with Vietnam’s exportshitting 426.2 million USD, a year on year rise of 12.4 percent.

After the welcome ceremony, Vietnamese and Laoleaders held talks.-VNA
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