VietNamNet Bridge – Lt General Nguyen Tuan Dung, deputy chairman of the Political General Department of the Viet Nam People's Army, welcomed Maj General Liu Ding Xin, Political Commissar of China's Hainan province Military Zone, in Ha Noi yesterday, Dec 27.

Liu is leading a delegation of China's Guangzhou Military Region coast guards. Dung also welcomed the working results achieved by the delegation and the Border Guard High Command of the Viet Nam People's Army.

The two sides affirmed the enhancement of exchanges and co-operation between Viet Nam's border guards and China's coastguards contributed to intensifying mutual understanding and boosting friendship and co-operation between the two border guards and armed forces.

It would also help consolidating and developing the traditional friendship and co-operation between the two Parties and peoples.

* Finance Ministry promotes co-operation with Laos

Finance ministries of Viet Nam and Laos have vowed to foster comprehensive co-operation in business exchange, documentation, human resources training and equipment provision.

The two sides agreed at the eighth meeting of the Steering Committee for Co-operation Programme yesterday, Dec 27, to give priority to improve training capacity for three financial universities in northern, central and southern Laos.

They would also prepare for the second-stage construction of the Institute of Economics and Finance and upgrading the College of Finance in northern Laos in the first quarter of next year.

Viet Nam pledged to help the Lao finance ministry implement its law building programme.

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