Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing) chairs the meeting (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a meeting withministries and sectors on November 17 to review Vietnam-Laos cooperation anddiscuss preparations for the 43rd meeting of the Vietnam-LaosInter-governmental Committee slated for early December in Hanoi.
PMPhuc underlined the significance of the 43rd meeting in the contextof the two countries actively preparing for their national party congresses andbuilding a socio-economic development strategic for the next period.
Hereiterated the consistent policy of giving top priority to the specialrelationship with Laos, and required ministries and sectors to activelyimplement cooperative agreements signed between the two countries, includingthose reached during the recent visits to Vietnam by the Lao Prime Minister.
TheGovernment leader also urged ministries and sectors to define the direction forbilateral cooperation in the next period and create a new driver for bilateralrelations.
Itwas reported at the meeting that ministries, sectors and localities of Vietnamand Laos have made efforts to continue implementing plans on bilateralcooperation, while supporting each other in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic andmaintaining exchanges in trade, investment, education-training and other fieldsin bilateral ties.
Ministriesand sectors reported to the PM their planned directions for cooperation withLaos in their respective fields, with stress laid on settling outstandingproblems, enhancing economic links and promoting joint work in culture,education, people-to-people exchange, especially educating young generations inthe valuable Vietnam-Laos ties.
PMPhuc instructed making the best efforts to ensure success for the 43rd meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee, particularlycompleting important documents on cooperation for signing on the occasion.Those documents include a strategy for Vietnam-Laos economic, cultural,educational, scientific and technological cooperation for 2021-2030, and anagreement on bilateral cooperation for 2021-2025.
Hesaid those documents will show the direction for the strong development of thegreat friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation betweenVietnam and Laos in the interest of people of the two countries as well as forpeace, cooperation and development in the region and the world as a whole./.
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