Both papers highlighted the special feelings that General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and State President Nguyen Minh Triet expressed to the Lao high-level delegation at the summit.

During the meetings with Vietnamese leaders, Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh congratulated them on the success of the 17^th ASEAN Summit and its related summits. He said it illustrated Vietnam’s increasing prestige and status in the region and the world.

The Lao PM also congratulated Vietnam on the celebration of Hanoi’s 1000^th anniversary and expressed his condolences over the losses suffered by flood victims in the centre of the country.