Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh talked to the Lao leaders (Photo: Pham Kien/VNA)

Ms. Thinh made the call during her meeting with President of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou on Wednesday as part of her visit to Laos. Both leaders applauded the effective cooperation between the two sides in regional and global forums such as the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and the International Parliamentary Union (IPU).

On Tuesday, the Vietnamese Vice President paid courtesy calls to General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President Bounnhang Vorachith and Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.