National Assembly Deputy Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien on August 24 hosted a reception for a delegation from the Laotian National Assembly which is currently visiting Vietnam from August 22-27.

The visit , which is led by Economy, Planning and Finance Committee Chairman Khamsing Sayakone, is aimed at exchanging information and learning from the experiences of their counterparts in Vietnam ’s NA Finance and Budget Committee.

At the meeting, Deputy Chairman Kien evaluated the results of the previous working sessions between the Laos delegation and Vietnam ’s NA committees. He confirmed that the Vietnamese NA would push these agencies to put into action the commitments they gave to the Lao NA.

Kien expressed his pleasure at the constantly developing friendship between Vietnam and Laos , saying that this is invaluable to both parties, states and peoples and must be preserved, strengthened and developed further by future generations.

Chairman Khamsing Sayakone thanked the Vietnamese NA for their support and cooperation during the visit and said that the delegation had learned a lot from their Vietnamese counterparts.

Earlier, the Lao NA delegation met with representatives from Vietnam ’s NA Finance and Budget Committee, the State Audit and the NA Committee for Economic Affairs./.