President Tran Dai Quang has urged the Vietnamese and Lao legislatures to forge ahead with coordination to implement effectively cooperation agreements between the two countries, especially deals reached at the 39th intergovernmental committee meeting.

President Tran Dai Quang hosts Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotou 

During a reception for Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotou in Hanoi on March 6, the President asked the two countries to further collaboration and share experience in building institutional and legal systems as well as inspecting law enforcement.

He expressed his belief that the ongoing visit to Vietnam by the top Lao legislator will help tighten traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries’ Parties, States, National Assemblies, Governments, and peoples.

The President also showed his pleasure at the bilateral growing relations in various fields from economics and trade to defense, security, culture and education.

He proposed both nations jointly host activities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the signing of Vietnam – Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (1977), and the 55th anniversary of the diplomatic ties (1962) to help young generations understand better about the bilateral rapports.

For her part, Pany Yathotou pledged to do her utmost to push the implementation of joint projects between the two governments in the most efficient manner for the benefits of people.

She congratulated Vietnam on hosting the APEC Year 2017 and believed the event will be a success.

Lao NA Chairwoman pledges to implement set agreements

National Assembly Chairwoman of Laos Pany Yathotou(L) and Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong 

National Assembly Chairwoman of Laos Pany Yathotou pledged to work closely with the Vietnamese legislature to effectively implement agreements set between the two Parties and NAs during a meeting with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on March 6. 

Yathotou believed that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Vietnamese people will score greater achievements during its reform and successfully realise the Resolution adopted by the 12th National Party Congress. 

While informing the host about the recent situation in Laos and the outcomes of her talks with top Vietnamese legislator Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, she vowed that the Lao NA will well supervise the implementation of agreements between the two governments. 

The Party chief, for his part, affirmed that Vietnam fully supports the national reform, construction and defence in Laos. He believed that under the leadership of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), the direction of the government and the supervision of the NA, the Lao people will achieve more successes in its renewal process and successfully implement the Resolution set by the LPRP’s 10th National Congress. 

He suggested further enhancing the sharing of information, experience and expertise in legislation, supervision and deciding on major country issues while directing ministries, agencies, localities, and even businesses to implement Vietnam-Laos joint statements, agreements by high-ranking leaders of the two Parties and countries, and cooperation programmes between the two governments. 

The host also asked for joint celebrations for the 55th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties and the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. 

Both sides promised to foster and educate young generations about the Vietnam-Laos special solidarity.

VN, Lao legislatures ink 5-year co-operation pact

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her visiting Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou 

The top legislators of Vietnam and Laos have agreed to enhance coordination in implementing effectively cooperation agreements and programmes between the two countries’ legislatures, thus strengthening the bilateral relations in the coming time. 

During their talks in Hanoi on March 6, Vietnamese NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her visiting Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou stressed that the two sides need to maintain regular visits by the two countries’ senior officials, and experience sharing among ministries, sectors and localities. 

Both sides will continue working closely together and supporting each other at global and regional forums, and sub-regional cooperation mechanisms in the context of increasingly complicated developments in the world and the region, they said. 

NA Chairwoman Ngan agreed that the two parliaments will coordinate in accelerating the construction of the parliament building in Laos, affirming that this is vital to strengthen the bilateral ties. 

They will also partner in organising exchange activities between friendship parliamentarians’ groups, female NA deputies and young law-makers of the two countries, she said.

The Vietnamese NA will work hard to prepare for the organisation of activities to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties and 40 years of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship and Cooperation Treaty, she added.

The two NA leaders highlighted the significance of the upcoming inauguration of the Vietnam-Laos revolutionary historical site in Son La province, saying that it is necessary to educate the two countries’ young generations about the Vietnam-Laos special solidarity. 

For her part, Pany Yathotou, who is on an official visit to Vietnam from March 5-10, hoped her visit will contribute to further deepening the special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, States and legislatures.

She thanked Vietnam for its valuable, timely and effective assistance to her country in the past struggle for national liberation as well as in the current national construction and defence.

The Lao Party and State highly value Vietnam’s financial assistance to Laos in constructing the parliament building, considering it a vivid manifestation of the special friendship and solidarity between the two nations. 

Regarding the legislative ties, the Lao leader said the two NAs should hasten the Governments to roll out policies and measures to further bolster bilateral links in trade, investment and education. 

Committees of the two legislative bodies need to continue their supervision of the implementation of commitments and cooperation agreements reached between their Governments, especially those concerning border, natural resources and the environment, she suggested.  

Pany Yathotou expressed her hope that the Vietnamese NA and provincial-level People’s Councils will continue support for and share experience with their Lao counterparts in the coming time. 

After their talks, the top legislators signed a cooperation agreement between the two legislatures in 2017-2021, and witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between the two NA Offices in the period.

Earlier the same day, the Lao delegation paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum.

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