The visit to Laos from November 24-26 by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong recorded remarkable outcomes, especially consensuses reached by the two nations’ leader on cooperative orientations, policies and measures to promote collaboration between the two Parties and States in the coming time, a Vietnamese senior official has said. 

Talking the press after the Party chief’s trip, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan said this was the first overseas trip by the Party chief since his reelection at the 12th Party Congress, which was made at a time when the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party have entered a new term of office after their respective Party Congresses earlier this year.

The visit showed that Vietnamese Party and State especially treasure the Vietnam-Laos traditional friendship and special solidarity, he stated.

During talks and meetings, the two sides affirmed that the Vietnam-Laos time-honoured relationship is an invaluable asset for both nations, and an important element  for victory in the countries’struggles for independence and freeform in the past as well as in national construction, development and defence at present. 

During the visit, the two sides discussed plans to expand comprehensive cooperation across fields, especially in the economy, infrastructure development, energy and tourism. 

They also agreed to foster coordination and support each other in building Party and political system, enhance theoretical exchange and experience sharing in management, Quan said. 

He added that the two sides signed seven cooperation  documents on the occasion of the visit.

According to Quan, orientations, policies and measures to boost cooperation agreed during the visit will pave the way and create momentum for stronger cooperation between the two Parties, States and peoples, thus achieving fruitful results in the time ahead. 

The two sides’ determination to solve difficulties and boost links across fields will help strongly foster trade and investment cooperation, he noted. 

During his stay, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had a meeting with 1,800 lecturers and students of the National University of Laos, during which he shared his thinking and and orientations on the Vietnam-Laos relations, Quan said. 

The Party chief expressed his hope the two countries’ young generations will be a powerful pioneer force and high-quality human resources to serve each country’ development and contribute to promoting the bilateral relations, Quan added.

Party chief’s Laos visit a success: Lao official

The freshly-concluded visit to Laos by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong has contributed to strengthening the friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries, said a senior Lao official.

Sounthone Sayachak, head of the Lao Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations, highlighted outstanding attainments of the visit during an inclusive interview to Vietnam News Agency correspondents. She said the visit is a success.

At talks and meetings between Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Lao leaders, the two sides discussed how to continue increasing the special solidarity between the two countries.

The two sides signed seven cooperative documents and issued a nine-point joint statement, focusing on continuing to develop the Laos-Vietnam ties in an effective manner and bring benefits to both countries’ people.

During the three-day visit, the Party chief visited and delivered a speech to lecturers and students of the Laos National University, which was broadcast live both on Lao and Vietnamese national televisions for the first time, the Lao official said. 

In his speech, he always emphasised the solidarity, friendship between the two countries, she added.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong left Vientiane on November 26, concluding his official three-day visit to Laos at the invitation of General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith.

Party leader’s visit fosters special solidarity with Laos: Lao media

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s freshly-ended visit to Laos made headlines of Laos’ media with various stories highlighting that the visit will contribute to deepen the special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.

Trong’s choosing Laos as the first country to visit since he was re-elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in January has affirmed the Vietnamese Party and State’s special interest in strengthening ties with Laos, said the newspapers.

On November 25, major newspapers of Laos, including Pasaxon, Vientiane Times, KPL News, Phathet Lao, LaoPhatthana, Vientiane Mai, Setthakit Kankha and Setthakit Sangkhome reported the welcome ceremony for the Vietnamese Party chief and outcomes of his talks with Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Volachit.

During the talks, the two sides discussed orientations and measures to continue developing the Vietnam-Laos traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation in a practical and effective manner.

After that, the two leaders witnessed the signing of seven cooperation agreements, many of them are significant for the fostering of bilateral ties in the coming time.

Earlier, on November 22-24, Laos’ media posted many editorials on the Vietnam-Laos relationship. The LaoPhatthana reviewed the special ties between the two countries through periods, stressing that amidst the changing regional and world situation with complicated developments, Laos and Vietnam should further strengthen their partnership in all fields for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

Meanwhile, the Pasaxon, the official organ of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, on November 23 ran an article on enhancing the special solidarity and comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and Laos.

The article read that Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Laos from November 24-26 is the first trip abroad since the 12th Party Congress, which shows that Vietnam always gives special priority to developing its ties with Laos.

Looking through the history of the sound bilateral ties, the article hailed the traditional relationship and faithful solidarity between the two nations, which was founded by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kaysone Phomvihane and President Suphanuvong, and nurtured by generations of the two countries’ Party and State leaders and people.

The ties have become a priceless treasure shared by both nations, it said, noting that the Vietnam-Laos partnership have been expanded in all fields from politics, defence to economy, culture, science and technology.

It concluded that the visit reaffirms Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching much importance to reinforcing the relationship with Laos as well as its strong and comprehensive support for the national renewal, defence and construction of Laos.

VNA