Vietnam’s PM to visit Laos
The visit to Laos by Vietnam’s PM Pham Minh Chinh will create momentum for Vietnam and its neighbour to strengthen their relations
Hanoi, The Gulf Observer: Vietnam’s PM Chinh will pay an official visit to Laos and co-chair the 45th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee from January 11-12.
The visit will be made at the invitation of Lao PM Sonexay Siphandone, according to an announcement from the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency, the visit aims to materialise foreign policies adopted at the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), focusing on government cooperation.
This is the first official visit to Laos by Chinh in his capacity as Prime Minister of Vietnam, also the first visit to Laos by a foreign high-ranking leader in 2023, he stressed.
It demonstrates the importance and the highest priority the Vietnamese Party and State give to consolidating and enhancing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.
During the visit, PM Chinh and his Lao counterpart are expected to discuss national and international issues of mutual concern, and seek solutions to challenges in the new situation, thus contributing to peace, security, stability and development in the region and the world at large.
They will discuss measures, including new, breakthrough ones, to consolidate the relations, giving a boost to the comprehensive cooperation this year.
Regarding the 45th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee, to be co-chaired by the PMs, Hung said the two sides would look into major orientations, policies and measures to foster the collaboration in a more practical and effective manner.
They were expected to sign many important documents, he said, adding that the two PMs were also scheduled to wrap up the Vietnam-Laos Friendship and Solidarity Year 2022.
