Lao NA leader begins Vietnam visit
VOV.VN - A high-ranking delegation from the Lao National Assembly (NA) led by its Chairwoman Pany Yathotu arrived in Hanoi on July 3, beginning a six-day visit to Vietnam.
The Lao top legislator and her delegates will attend activities celebrating the 55th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties and marking 40 years since the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty on Amity and Cooperation in Son La province.
Vietnam and Laos have maintained fruitful relationship in a multitude of fields in recent years, especially in politics. The two sides have cooperated closely at regional and international forums, contributing to each nation’s development and maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the wider world.
Both sides have intensified high-raking exchange visits, helping to consolidate mutual trust between the Parties, Governments and people of Vietnam and Laos.
Bilateral strengthened defence cooperation was evidenced by the building of a Vietnam-Laos borderline of peace, stability and cooperation, and fought hostile forces and transnational and drug crimes.
Vietnam now has 408 projects worth US$3.7 billion in Laos, thus giving a boost to the country’s socio-economic development and creating jobs for many local labourers.
The two countries have also cooperated in transport, education and training and stepped up affiliation in science, technology, natural resources and environment, agriculture, telecommunications, labour, culture, museum and tourism, health care, and human resources development.