Lao media spotlights Vietnamese NA Chairman’s visit

Lao media on December 5 and 6 gave extensive coverage of Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s working trip to Laos to attend the first Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit.
Lao media spotlights Vietnamese NA Chairman’s visit ảnh 1Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (left) and his Lao counterpart Saysomphone Phomvihane. (Photo: VNA)

Vientiane (VNA) –Lao media on December 5 and 6 gave extensive coverage of Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong DinhHue’s working trip to Laos to attend the first Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV)Parliamentary Summit.

All newspapers affirmedthat the visit not only reflects the friendship of the Party, Government andpeople of Vietnam to the Party, Government and people of Laos and support for theLao NA in successfully hosting the summit, but also contributes toconsolidating and deepening the great friendship, special solidarity andcomprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, the two States and the two peoples.   

Major Lao newspapers such asPasaxon, the organ of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party(LPRD) Central Committee, PathetLao, a publication of the Laos News Agency KPL and LaoPhatthana newspaper ran articles and photos on the activities of NA Chairman Hueand the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA in Laos, including talks between Hue and his Lao counterpart Saysomphone Phomvihane and his meetings with General Secretaryof the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and Presidentof Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.

The Lao National Radio and Lao National Television have also devoted significant broadcast time to cover theactivities of Hue and the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA inrecent days. Both agencies said that the visit contributes to not only the successof the summit and promoting parliamentary cooperation between Laos andVietnam, but also enhancing collaboration in other fields suchas socio-economic development, investment, education, healthcare and tourismbetween the two countries./.

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