State President Nguyen Minh Trietstated this during a reception he hosted on October 28 for Laotian PrimeMinister Bouasone Buaphavanh, who is in Hanoi to attend the 17thASEAN Summit and related meetings later the same day.
Triet congratulated Laos on the achievements it has recorded inmaintaining GDP growth, stabilising the socio-economy and improving thepeople’s living conditions.
The president took thisoccasion to thank Laos for awarding the National Golden Order toHanoi on its 1,000 th anniversary.
For his part,Buaphavanh said the Laotian Party, State and people applauded Triet’svisit to Laos in August, which reflected the president’s care to theneighbouring nation and greatly contributed to the sustainabledevelopment of bilateral relations.
The PM extendedhis best regards and deep sympathy to residents in central provinceswho have suffered huge losses in life and property due to floods. Healso expressed his belief that, with the care of the Vietnamese Partyand State, the affected people will soon overcome the consequences andstabilise their lives.
Buaphavanh congratulatedVietnam on the successes the nation has reaped in its capacity as Chairof ASEAN in 2010, stressing that this shows the internationalcommunity’s confidence in Vietnam and will help to improve itsposition in regional and international forums.
Theleader also stated that Laos will continue to work closely withVietnam and contribute to the success of the 17th ASEAN Summit andother related meetings./.