Prime Minister receives Lao NA Chairwoman

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Pany Yathotou during a reception in Hanoi on January 8, saying Vietnam always strives to support fraternal Lao people, including building the Lao NA House with quality and progress on schedule.
Prime Minister receives Lao NA Chairwoman ảnh 1Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed Chairwoman of the Lao NationalAssembly (NA) Pany Yathotou during a reception in Hanoi on January 8, saying Vietnam always strives to supportfraternal Lao people, including building the Lao NA House with quality andprogress on schedule.

The PMs of the two countriesalso always create favourable conditions for Vietnamese and Lao students in theother country, he said, suggesting that the two legislatures should provide allpossible support for joint projects in line with laws, as well as the effectiveimplementation of high-level agreements between the two governments.

Vietnam hopes that Laos willfurther improve its business environment, the Government leader said and thankedLaos for working closely with Vietnam when it assumes the role of the ASEANChair 2020, the Chair of the 41st General Assembly of ASEANInter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41), and a non-permanent member of theUnited Nations Security Council for the 2020 – 2021 tenure.

The host said Vietnam willalso assist Laos in hosting important sub-regional mechanisms such as the Cambodia– Laos – Vietnam Development Triangle Area, the Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam Summit, and the Ayeyawady - Chao Phraya - Mekong EconomicCooperation Strategy in 2020 for the benefit of the two countries and theregion.

Yathotou, for her part, wishedthat Vietnamese firms would enhance investment in Laos.

Laos is ready to help Vietnamfulfill its role as the ASEAN Chair and the Chair of AIPA 41, she said.

As 80 percent of the Lao NAHouse construction has been completed, she wished that the Vietnamese Governmentwould ask contractor and units concerned to step up the work and ensure its qualityand safety.

She wished that theVietnamese Party, Government, NA and people would successfully realise the resolutionadopted by the 12th National Party Congress, hold party congressesat all levels this year, towards the 13th National Party Congress in2021./.
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