(VOVworld) - The Party General Secretary’s special envoy Hoang Binh Quan has described the continual reinforcement and development of traditional friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos as a strategic and vital issue for the respective causes of national development and defence, thus contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and beyond.
LPRP General Secretary Bounnhang Volachith (L) shakes hands with the Vietnamese Party General Secretary's special envoy Hoang Binh Quan |
At a meeting with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Bounnhang Volachith at a meeting in Vientiane on February 18, Quan said the Vietnamese Party, State and people vow to exert every effort, together with their Lao counterparts, to nurture and promote bilateral rapport among future generations.
Quan, who is also a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and head of the Central Committee’s Commission for External Affairs, hailed the successful 10th National Party Congress of the LPRP as a significant political event marking a new stage of development in Laos’s revolution. Quan extended Party Leader Nguyen Phu Trong’s invitation to Laotian leaders to visit Vietnam. General Secretary Bounnhang Volachith accepted the invitation and congratulated Vietnam on the successful organisation of the 12th National Party Congress, expressing his belief that Vietnam will reap further success in the renewal process.
Also that day, the Vietnamese special envoy met with Lao’s Deputy Prime Minister, Phankham Viphavan, to inform him of the outcomes of the 12th National Party Congress. The two sides exchanged measures to strengthen their traditional friendship, solidarity and all-around cooperation.