President Sang and his Lao counterpart Chummaly Sayasone

Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang on February 11 visited the southeastern province of Attapeu, the native place of Lao General Secretary and State President Chummaly Saynasone.

President Sang was warmly welcomed by the provincial chief and shown around a rubber plantation, a school and a general hospital invested by Hoang Anh Gia Lai group and some other socio-economic establishments.

He was please to see the fruitful results of economic cooperation between Attapeu and other provinces in Vietnam.

Mr Sang asked local authorities to further support Vietnamese business investing in the province during the year of 2012 Vietnam-Laos friendship.

Also on February 11, the Vietnamese and Lao Presidents attended a ground-breaking ceremony for Hoang Anh Gia Lai group to go ahead with its Attapeu International Airport project.

Later the same day, President Sang and his entourage returned to Hanoi, successfully his official visit to Laos.

Source: VOV