Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Party General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith witnessed the signing of seven cooperation documents after their talks in Vientiane on November 24, on the occasion of the Vietnamese Party chief's official visit to Laos.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Vietnam’s construction of a parliament building as a gift to the Party, State and people of Laos.    

At the talks

Another MoU on Vietnam’s assistance for Laos to build a high school in Bolikhamxay province was inked by Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations of Vietnam Hoang Binh Quan and Chairwoman of the Lao Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Sunthon Saynhachac.  

Vice Chairwoman of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Ngo Thi Doan Thanh and Khamchan Phomsengsavan, Vice Chairman of the  Lao Front  for  National Construction  (LFNC) Central Committee, signed an agreement on cooperation between the two agencies in 2016-2020.

Meanwhile, Minister of Transport Truong Quang Nghia and Lao Minister of  Public Works and Transport  signed two agreements on cooperation between the two ministries in constructing the Hanoi-Vientiane Highway, and in implementing the MoU on the Vietnam-Laos Cooperation Strategy in 2016-2020.

An agreement between the two Governments on the adjustment of the Vietnam-Laos cooperation strategy agreement in Houaphanh and Xiangkhouang provinces by 2020 was signed by Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung and his Lao couterpart Suphan Keomisay.        

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and his Lao counterpart Khemmani Pholsena signed a MoU on the establishment of a joint website related to economic and trade cooperation between the two ministries.

Source: VNA