Vietnam-Laos special friendship highlighted

All dailies in Laos on June 20 ran front-page news stories with photos and the biography of Nguyen Phu Trong, Party General Secretary and NA Chairman of Vietnam, on the first day of his three-day official visit to the neighbouring country.
All dailies in Laos on June 20 ran front-page news stories with photos and the biography of Nguyen Phu Trong, Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman of Vietnam, on the first day of his three-day official visit to the neighbouring country.

In its editorial, Pasason newspaper, the organ of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), emphasised the unceasing development of the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries, that brought practical benefit for both peoples.

The relationship was founded by President Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam and Presidents Kaysone Phomvihane and Souphanouvong, it said, adding that succeeding leaders and people of the two countries fostered the ties.

The Lao and Vietnamese people stood shoulder by shoulder and provided mutual support and help in their national liberation causes in the past and in national defence and construction at present.

The Laos-Vietnam relations have been developed in all areas. Leaders of the two Parties, States exchanged mutual visits, particularly a meeting between senior officials of the two Parties to discuss the situation of each country, along with international and regional issues as well as a review of bilateral cooperation.

In recent years, the two countries’ ties saw new steps of development and produced important results in many areas, especially economic ties and links in politics, defence, security and diplomacy as well as cultural and scientific-technological cooperation.

Vietnam ’s direct investment in Laos increased. The relations between the two Parties, national assemblies, governments, ministries, mass organisations, social organisations and localities also developed, the paper affirmed.

The Lao people expected fruitful results from the current visit to Laos by Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong, contributing to strengthening and increasing the special friendship, solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam, for the benefit of both peoples and for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world, the daily emphasised./.

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