Twenty officials from the Lao Red Cross (LRC) are attending a three-month training course in Hanoi as part of the cooperation agreement signed between the Vietnam Red Cross and its Lao counterpart.
Ho Chi Minh City is willing to collaborate with Vientiane in socio-economics and culture to strengthen the two cities’ relations, stated Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid courtesy visits to former Lao Party General Secretary and President Choummaly Sayasone and former Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong in Vientiane on September 8.
Lao Party Secretary General and President Bounnhang Volachith has hailed the practical and effective cooperation between the Lao and Vietnamese legislatures.
Vietnam always gives the top priority to the special solidarity with Laos, considering this an invaluable asset in need of being preserved and developed, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a cordial meeting with Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith of Laos in Vientiane on September 6 prior to the opening session of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits.
US President Barack Obama began his official visit to Laos on September 6, which is the first to the Southeast Asian country made by a US president in history.
Building the ASEAN Community and strengthening the bloc’s external relations will top the agenda of the 28th-29th ASEAN Summits scheduled to take place in Laos’ capital city of Vientiane from Sep 6-8.
The Government Committee for Religious Affairs Bui Thanh Ha is willing to send its senior officials to Laos to give lectures in training courses on religious affairs for Laos officials.
More than 3,000 Vietnamese labourers, who failed to meet Lao legal regulations on foreign workers, have returned home through the Lao Bao and La Lay international border gates in Quang Tri province.
Politburo member and Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met Politburo member and Chairman of the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee Saysomphone on August 30.
The organisation commission of the Vietnamese and Lao Party Central Committees will strengthen coordination and exchange of information and experience in Party building.
Vietnam and Laos have reaped encouraging outcomes in their forestry cooperation but also need to make more efforts to address existing problems along their shared border.
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