Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President Thongloun Sisoulith yesterday received a courtesy call from Secretary of Hanoi municipal Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung who is paying a working visit to Vientiane on Apr 3-5.
Expressing warm welcome to the Vietnamese official, Secretary General Thongloun highly valued that Dung’s selection of Laos for his first overseas trip following his appointment to the post represented the special attention the Party and government of Vietnam and those of Hanoi are paying to the Lao Party, government and people.
He noted that the visit also extended deep friendship, close solidarity from the fraternal Party, government and people of Vietnam, and those in Hanoi to the Party, government and people of Laos and those in Vientiane, thus encouraging the Party, government and people of Laos to address difficulties they are experiencing and contributing to the celebration of Laos-Vietnam Friendship and Solidarity Year 2022.
The host also spoke highly of the achievements the Party committee, authorities and people of Hanoi have achieved over the past years as well as the successful cooperation and talks between Vientiane Party committee and their Hanoi counterparts as both sides have reaffirmed to continue to enhance and protect the special relations between Laos and Vietnam, and push bilateral cooperation in politic, governance, foreign affairs, defense and public security, economics and trade, investment, basic infrastructure development, human resource development, and social-cultural areas.
Thongloun also expressed thanks to the fraternal Party, government and people of Vietnam, and those in Hanoi for their provision of priceless, prompt and effective assistance to the Party, government and people of Laos for their national liberation in the past and for national development in recent years.
He expressed his belief that under the clear-sighted, virtuous and creative leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam with Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong as a leader, the fraternal Vietnamese people as well as the Party committee, authorities and people of Hanoi will record greater achievements in implementing the resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the resolution of the 17th Congress the Hanoi Party Organisation, thus contributing to turning Vietnam into a modernity-oriented industrialized country and achieve the goal of a prosperous people and a strong, democratic, equitable, and civilized country.
In reply, Dinh Tien Dung expressed thanks to Secretary General Thongloun for the warm welcome he was given by him and other Party and government leaders of Laos and informed the host about the outstanding issues of politics, socio-economic development, Covid-19 response in Vietnam, and Hanoi, in particular.
Hanoi Party Secretary highly valued the relations and cooperation between the two Parties, governments and peoples of Laos and Vietnam, and Vientiane and Hanoi in particular.
He spoke highly of the achievements the Party, government and people of Laos have made in their socio-economic development, implementation of the resolution of the 11th National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, the 9th Five-year National Socio-economic Development Plan, and Covid-19 response.
The Vietnamese Party official also briefed the host about the outcomes of the bilateral talks between Hanoi Party committee and Vientiane counterparts noting that both sides had focused their discussion on reviewing their cooperation in recent years, co-organising of the celebrations of the Laos-Vietnam Friendship and Solidarity Year 2022, and outlining cooperation orientations for years to come.
Source: Lao News Agency