Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Chairman of the Laos - Vietnam Friendship Association Boviengkham Vongdara on January 11. (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s just-concluded visit to Laos brings fresh air intothe Vietnam-Laos relations, contributing to deepening their special friendshipand comprehensive cooperation, Chairman of the Laos - Vietnam FriendshipAssociation Boviengkham Vongdara in Vientiane has said.
Speaking to the Vietnam News Agency, he emphasised that itis the first time Chinh visited Laos since he took office, and also the firsttime that Lao PM Sonexay Siphandone received a foreign leader after he was elected to the position on December 30, 2022.
Those factors bringfresh air into the two countries, he said.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone at the ceremony concluding the Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022 on January 11. (Photo: VNA)
During his 30-hourvisit to Lao, Chinh co-chaired a ceremony to conclude the Vietnam-Laos,Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022.
The two PMs also co-chaired the 45th meeting of the Lao-VietnamInter-Governmental Committee and witnessed the signing ceremony of 10 cooperation documents.
According toBoviengkham, over the years, Vietnam has discussed and negotiated with manycountries about a digital cooperation partnership but has not signed any suchpartnership agreement with any country.
He said Vietnam choosesLaos as the first digital cooperation partner and Vietnam is also the firstdigital cooperation partner of Laos, which not only shows the specialrelationship between the two countries but also proves that they are close cooperation partners in digital transformation for theirsocio-economic development.
Evaluating the resultsof the Vietnam - Laos and Laos – Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022,the official said that diverse eventsthat the two countries organised throughout the year help the two peoples understand more about the special friendship, contributing to strengthening their special solidarity and further developing the relationship.
Regarding the cooperation prospects between Laos and Vietnam in the coming years, Boviengkham saidthe potential for the bilateral cooperation is still very huge and needsto be exploited, especially in socio-economic development.
That is the reason whythe two countries have set a goal of continuing to strengthen socio-economiccooperation in the same way as they did during their fights for nationalindependence, he said, adding that the two countries target economiccooperation to meet the political requirements in the new period./.
