Vietnamese President to visit Lao next week
VOV.VN - Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong will pay an official visit to Laos on April 10-11, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The visit has been made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, and President Thongloun Sisoulith, the ministry said in a press communique on April 7.
Vietnam and Laos established diplomatic relations in September 1962. Bilateral relations have developed considerably over the years through regular reciprocal visit exchanges.
Vietnam currently has 219 valid investment projects in Laos with a total registered capital of about US$4.3 billion, ranking third after China and Thailand.
Two-way trade turnover between the two countries reached nearly US$1.7 billion last year, an increase of more than 25% year on year.