Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese and Laolegislative bodies should further enhance cooperation and share experience inbuilding the institutional and legal systems, as well as supervising theexecution of laws, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said onJuly 17.
She made therecommendation at a reception for visiting Lao NA Vice Chairman Sengnouane Xayalathin Hanoi, during which Ngan extolled the outcomes of the talks betweenVietnamese and Lao high-level parliamentary delegations.
The NA leader suggested the two legislativebodies create favourable legal and policy instruments for their governments toimplement more effectively commitments and agreements reached by Vietnamese andLao leaders via coordination to examine the implementation of the signedagreements.
Ngan expressed her pleasure at the effectivecooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and Lao localities, saying the NA is readyto connect Vietnamese localities with those in Laos to exchange experience in thework of the People’s Councils.
She added that the Vietnamese NA and Governmentwill join hands with the Lao counterparts to accelerate the construction of theLao NA headquarters as scheduled.
The facility will be a symbol of the traditionalfriendship and special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos, she stressed.
For his part, Xayalath said his ongoing visit toVietnam aims to tighten the relations between Vietnamese and Lao Parties, Statesand peoples.
He conveyed the best regards from Lao toplegislator Pany Yathotou to NA Chairwoman Ngan.
At the talks with NA Vice Chairwoman Tong ThiPhong earlier the same day, the two sides discussed various issues of mutualconcerns, including the cooperation between the two countries’ parliaments withthe Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and other countries.
The guest also shared Laos’ socio-economicsituation in the first six months of 2018 as well as the country’s efforts toreform administrative procedures and realise socio-economic development targetsin the remainder of this year, especially exports and small-scale industry.
He highlighted the sound development betweenVietnam and Laos over the recent past, referring to the celebration of the 40thanniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperationand the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the bilateral diplomatic tiesin 2017.-VNA
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