Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone co-chaired a press conference on outcomes of their talks, and a ceremony concluding the Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year, in Vientiane on January 11.

VOV.VN - PM Pham Minh Chinh on January 11 made a courtesy call on General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith as part of activities during his official visit to Laos.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Lao Prime Ministers have reaffirmed both nations' consistent policy of attaching great importance to and giving the top priority to the consolidation and cultivation of the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation.

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone hosted an official welcome ceremony for his visiting Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh in Vientiane on January 11 morning.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation on January touched down at Wattay International Airport, Vientiane on January 11, staring their two-day visit to Laos at the invitation of Lao PM Sonexay Siphandone.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 10 for Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in charge of the Asia-Pacific Antoinette Sayeh, who is on her first working visit to Vietnam.

The upcoming Lao visit by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is of special significance to the Laos-Vietnam partnership, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumsay Kommasith told Vietnam News Agency.

The focal task of the diplomatic sector is to serve sustainable and self-reliant national development and to guarantee national interests at the highest possible level, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told the sector’s teleconference on January 10.

The upcoming official visit to Laos by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will create momentum for Vietnam and its neighbour to strengthen their relations, a diplomat has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife hosted a banquet in honour of the diplomatic corps in Hanoi on January 9, ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.