The three-day visit is from December 19 made at the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Tran Dai Quang with a view to promoting the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and LPRP General Secretary and Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith review the guards of honor.

This is the second official friendly visit of the Lao leader during his tenure (2016-2021).

The visit is also expected to strengthen solidarity and political trust between the two Parties and countries. This is also a chance for Vietnam to affirm support to Laos during its cause of national defense and development.

The Vietnam-Laos relationship has been growing in all fields.

Bilateral political relations have been promoted, with high-level meetings regularly organized and collaboration mechanisms constantly strengthened.

Both sides have worked together closely in popularizing the Vietnam-Laos ties and holding celebrations of the 55th anniversary of their diplomatic relations and 40 years of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.

Defense-security and external relation partnership has been fruitful. Vietnam and Laos have coordinated to build a shared border of stability and sustainable development. They have completed a joint project to upgrade and build more border markers, with 1,002 markers upgraded and built.

The two countries’ governments have also finalized legal procedures for a protocol on land border.

Two-way trade reached USD 720.4 million this year to October, up 8.7 percent over the same period last year, with Vietnam’s exports hitting USD 426.2 million, a year on year rise of 12.4 percent.

After the welcome ceremony, Vietnamese and Lao leaders held talks.

Source: VNA