General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President Bounnhang Volachith hosted a reception for Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. To Lam in Vientiane on January 27. (Source: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – General Secretary of the LaoPeople’s Revolutionary Party and President Bounnhang Volachith has urged theMinistries of Public Security of Vietnam and Laos to further their cooperationin crime combat, especially organised, trans-national, drug and high-techcrimes. At a reception for Vietnamese Minister of Public SecuritySen. Lieut. Gen. To Lam in Vientiane on January 27, the Lao leader highlyvalued cooperation outcomes between the two ministries over the past time. For his part, Minister Lam said Vietnamese people in generaland the police force in particular always keep in mind the valuable support of theLao side in the past struggle for national liberation as well as the presentcause of national defence and the country’s efforts to ensure social order andsafety. The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security will do itsutmost to promote the comprehensive cooperation with its Lao counterpart, meetingrequirements and tasks in the new situation, in order to consolidate thespecial friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries, forthe sake of the two countries’ people, and for peace, stability and developmentin the region and the world at large. Lam called on the Lao leader to create favourable conditionsfor competent agencies of the two ministries to intensify their collaborationin fighting crimes and protecting national security and safety in each nation. Earlier the same day, during their talks, Lam and his Laocounterpart… [Read full story]
Lao National Assembly chairman Thongsinh Thammavong and Deputy Prime Minister Somsavad Lengsavad on December 8 received Nguyen Van Son, head of NA Committee for External Relations and chairman of Vietnam-Laos friendship parliamentary group, who is heading a Vietnamese NA delegation to Laos from December 6-11. Son briefed his host on the outcomes of talk with the Lao friendship parliamentary group and affirmed that he will do his utmost to promote special relations between the two countries. Lao leaders congratulated Vietnam on its great achievements in the national construction cause and expressed thanks for the effective support of the Vietnamese Party,…... [read more]
Lao Vice President Bounnhang Volachit and Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong hosted separate meetings with a visiting delegation from the Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam (SPPV) led by Procurator General Nguyen Hoa Binh in Vientiane on December 19. Binh, who is also a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee, congratulated Laos on its successful organisation of many big international events in 2012, including the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which confirmed Laos' position in the regional and international arena. He informed the Lao leaders of the outcomes of his talks with the Lao Supreme People's Procuracy and said that in…... [read more]
A visiting delegation from Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA) External Relations Committee led by Tran Van Hang, Head of the Committee, was received by Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and Lao National Assembly Chairman Pany Zathotou on Mar. 2. At the reception, Hang emphasised the high consensus that the two NA External Relations Committees reached in preparing for the meeting between the NAs of Vietnam and Laos , the 7 th Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP 7) and the meeting of NA External Relations Committees of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia this year. Hang affirmed that his committee will strengthen cooperation with…... [read more]
The special friendship and comprehensive cooperation is an invaluable asset of Vietnam and Laos that should be preserved and continuously developed by generations of the two countries. General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Choummaly Sayasone made the statement at a reception for a visiting delegation from Vietnam's Committee for Ethnic Minorities (CEM) led by its Minister-Chairman, Giang Seo Phu, in Vientiane on March 26. The Lao leader welcomed cooperative agreements reached during the talks between the CEM and Lao National Construction Front delegations, considering them a specific manifestation of the…... [read more]
Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission Vuong Dinh Hue was received by Lao Vice President Bounnhang Volachith in Vientiane on September 23. Hue congratulated the Lao people on their achievements, most recently the successful organisation of the 35 th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. He informed his host of the outcomes of the talks between his delegation and the Lao Party Central Committee's Commission for Economic Development. During the meeting, both sides affirmed their determination to enhance collaboration and share expertise in a bid to fulfill their duties to provide economic advice. The Lao leader spoke…... [read more]
