Vientiane (VNA) – Within the framework of a visit to and working sessions in Laos from December 18–19, a delegation of the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam, led by Prosecutor General Nguyen Huy Tien, paid courtesy calls on Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and Lao National Assembly President Saysomphone Phomvihane.
At the meetings, the Lao leaders affirmed that the visit not only helped deepen cooperation between the two countries’ procuracy agencies but also carried significant practical meaning in nurturing, consolidating and further strengthening the special traditional relationship between the two Parties, States and peoples of Laos and Vietnam.
They highly valued the effective and substantive cooperation results achieved by the Supreme People’s Procuracies of Vietnam and Laos in recent years, and called on both sides to continue enhancing coordination, stepping up exchanges of delegations at all levels, sharing professional and technical experience, and maintaining and expanding training and capacity-building programmes for officials.
The Lao side also stressed that continued mutual support and assistance between the two institutions would make an important contribution to building a clean and strong judicial system, effectively serving socio-economic development and ensuring security and order in each country.
For his part, Tien briefed the Lao leaders on cooperation outcomes between the two Supreme People’s Procuracies implemented on the basis of signed agreements and memoranda of understanding. The two sides have maintained close coordination mechanisms, regularly exchanged information and experience in exercising prosecution rights and supervising judicial activities, and supported the training and professional development of Lao procuracy officials in Vietnam.
Regarding future cooperation, he affirmed that both sides would continue to effectively implement the signed memoranda of understanding; jointly organise the eighth Conference of Procuracies of Vietnam–Laos border provinces, scheduled for 2026; and continue to provide practical support for the training of Lao procuracy officials in Vietnam.
The two institutions will also strengthen cooperation and experience-sharing in crime prevention and combat, particularly against transnational crimes, while enhancing the capacity of procuracy personnel in the context of deepening international integration.
Earlier on December 18, Prosecutor Generals of the two Supreme People’s Procuracies held talks. Following the talks, the two sides signed a cooperation agreement for the coming period./.
