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Lao press hails Lao top leader’s Vietnam visit

Lao newspapers on June 30 devoted their front pages for articles highlighting the official friendly visit to Vietnam by Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith from June 28-29.
Lao press hails Lao top leader’s Vietnam visit ảnh 1Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith (L) welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Lao newspapers on June 30 devoted their front pagesfor articles highlighting the official friendly visit to Vietnam by Lao PartyGeneral Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith from June 28-29.

All agreed that the visit was a great success andcontributed to intensifying and deepening the special relationship between Laosand Vietnam.

Major newspapers such as Pathet Lao of the Lao News Agency(KPL), Pasaxon (People), Vientiane Times, and Vientiane Mai published the fulltext of the Laos-Vietnam joint statement, and a series of stories featuring theLao leader’s trip as well as the bilateral relations.

They said the visit reaffirmed the Lao Party, Stateand people’s consistent commitment to maintaining the traditional, profound andclose relationship and mutual trust between the two countries.

The newspapers also focused on the Lao top leader’sactivities as well as the events held during his visit, including the signingceremony of cooperation agreements between the two countries and theiragencies, and economic contracts between their businesses./.
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