General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and State President Bounnhang Volachith will pay an official friendship visit to Vietnam from April 25-27.

Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Volachith

The visit will be made at the invitation of Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and State President Tran Dai Quang.

Vietnam established diplomatic relations with Laos on September 5, 1962.

Vietnamese investors have, so far, poured 4.9 billion USD in the neighbouring country, helping create jobs for about 40,000 Lao labourers.

Laos ranks first among 68 countries and territories Vietnam has invested in, while Vietnam is placed second among countries investing in Laos.

Governor of Cambodian province keen on enhanced ties with Vietnam

Governor of Banteay Meanchey province in Cambodia, Suon Bovor, has affirmed his determination to foster the bilateral ties long nurtured by the two countries.

He made his affirmation during a reception for representative from the Vietnamese Consulate General in Battambang city Nguyen Dung An, who came to congratulate the local authorities on the traditional Khmer New Year festival.

Bovor wished that the traditional friendship and solidarity between Vietnam and Cambodia will be everlasting.

While asking for further cooperation with Vietnam in diverse areas, An suggested the host side provide a list of major business contacts for Vietnamese counterparts to study and form networks.

He also wished that local authorities will continue helping team K70 from the Military Command of Tay Ninh province under the Vietnam People’s Army with the search for and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese experts and volunteer soldiers who sacrificed their lives to the war in Cambodia.

VNA