Professor and Academician Boviengkham Vongdara, President of the Lao–Vietnam Friendship Association, highlighted the growing importance of deepening the special relationship between Laos and Vietnam in the new context in an interview recently granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s resident correspondents in Laos.

Under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vietnam has successfully achieved the goal of making it a strong country with prosperous people and a democratic and civilised society.

Deputy Director of the Lao National Academy of Politics and Public Administration (NAPPA) Daosavanh Kheuamixay has praised Vietnam's impressive socio-economic achievements under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) over nearly four decades of doi moi (renewal) since 1986.