Vietnamese and Lao journalist associations have agreed on several specific cooperative programmes during a visit by Lao Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Savanhkhone Razamountry from May 24-30.

The Lao official, also Vice Chairman of the Lao Journalists' Association, reached the agreements during a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart Ha Minh Hue on May 24.

He was received by Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung and Deputy General Director of Vietnam Television Nguyen Thanh Luong on May 25. The two sides wanted to extend ties in communications.-VNA