President To Lam will make a state visit to Laos on July 11-12, his first overseas trip since he took office, demonstrating Vietnam’s top priority to consolidate and nurture the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with the neighbouring nation, according to a Lao scholar.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President To Lam arrived in Vientiane on July 11 morning, beginning a State visit to Laos at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.

President To Lam’s state visit to Laos on July 11-12, his first overseas trip since he took office, demonstrates the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two parties, states and peoples which have been nurtured for a long time, a Lao official has said.

VOV.VN - Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Khamphao Ernthavanh has highlighted President To Lam's upcoming visit to Laos as a contribution to the development of the two countries’ relations in the new era.

VOV.VN - The forthcoming state visits to Laos and Cambodia by President To Lam is of great significance, affirming the solidarity and close-knit ties that between Vietnam and the two countries, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet said in a recent media interview given ahead of the visits.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) provide Vietnam’s logistics sector with workforce training through expanded training and capacity building programmes.

President To Lam’s upcoming state visit to Laos, his first trip abroad after taking office in June, shows the Vietnamese Party and State's consistent policy on attaching great importance and giving the highest priority to reinforcing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President To Lam is scheduled to make state visits to the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia from July 11- to July 13.

VOV.VN - President To Lam, who is currently on a working trip to Tra Vinh province, visited and planted a tree at President Ho Chi Minh’s Memorial in Long Duc commune of Tra Vinh province on July 6.

VOV.VN - President To Lam showed his elation at the strong development of the Vietnam - New Zealand strategic partnership over the past years at a reception in Hanoi on July 4 for newly-appointed New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Caroline Beresford.