High-level meeting between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party in Hanoi. Photo: Nhan Dan Newspaper

The two leaders pledged to continue to reinforce and strengthen the Vietnam-Laos great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation.

They expressed their pleasure at the growing relations among Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, and showed their hope to further promote ties among the three Parties and countries, including the effective implementation of the outcomes of the meeting among the leaders of the three Parties as well as other tripartite cooperation mechanisms.

At the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone stressed the need to create breakthroughs in economic and trade partnership between the two countries to match the stature of bilateral political relations and the potential and strengths of each country, and focus on dealing with existing problems in cooperation, fostering connectivity between the Vietnamese and Lao economies as well as the economies of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Leaders of the two Parties and countries agreed on the need to actively carry out key orientations reached by leaders of the two sides, while continuing to deepen bilateral political relationship that plays the key role in guiding the overall cooperation between the two countries, coordinating closely in strategic issues and working together to prepare for the all-level Party congresses towards the national congress of each Party, and strengthening and bolstering bilateral security-defense cooperation.

They concurred to increase information exchanges and consultations as well as close coordination and mutual support at international and regional forums, effectively implement joint statements between the two countries and agreements between the two Parties and States as well as cooperation programs between ministries, sectors and localities of the two sides.