The statement was made by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at a reception in Hanoi on October 6 for Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, who is leading a high-ranking delegation from Laos to the funeral of former Party General Secretary Do Muoi.

Thongloun Sisoulith conveyed the deep condolences of the Lao Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Front for National Construction to the Vietnamese counterparts over the passing of the former General Secretary.

He appreciated the great contributions made by Do Muoi to the struggle for national independence as well as the cause of building, developing and defending the country. His passing is not only a great loss to the Party, State and people of Vietnam and his families, but also a loss of a close friend to the Lao Party, State and people.

The Lao PM affirmed that the Party, State and people of Laos will forever preserve and foster the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong sincerely thanked the Lao Party, National Assembly, Government and Front for National Construction for sending condolences over the death of Do Muoi, senior delegations of the Lao Party and State to pay tribute to the former Party General Secretary at the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos, and especially a high-level delegation led by PM Thongloun Sisoulith to Vietnam to attend the funeral of the leader.

This reflects the faithful, pure and rare special solidarity between the Parties, States and people of the two countries, as well as the sentiments of the Lao Party, State and people towards former Party General Secretary Do Muoi, he stressed.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomes Lao counterpart

At the reception 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 6 hosted a reception for his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith, who is leading a high-level delegation from the Lao Party, National Assembly, Government and Front for National Construction to pay the last tribute to Do Muoi, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee.

The Lao PM expressed his deep condolences over the passing of Party chief Do Muoi, and spoke highly of his significant contributions to the struggle for national independence as well as the construction, development and protection of the country. Also, he acknowledged Do Muoi’s great efforts to treasure the friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries’ Parties, Governments, and people in the past years.

On behalf of the Vietnamese Party, State and Government, PM Phuc thanked the Lao leaders and people for their sentiments towards former General Secretary Do Muoi, saying that this is a vivid illustration for the special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos.

It also helps young generations of both sides to have deeper understanding about the bonds between the two Parties and peoples, he underlined.

On the occasion, the two PMs talked socio-economic situation in each country as well as discussed measures to bolster the Vietnam-Laos relations.

With strong determination to deepen the bilateral ties in a more practical manner, they agreed to further coordination in carrying out high-level agreements as well as seek solutions to removing bottlenecks to accelerate key collaboration projects.

They said that both sides should make meticulous preparations for the 41st meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee, scheduled to take place in early 2019.

VNA