Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong received Chairwomanof the Lao National Assembly’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs Buaphoune Likhaidain Hanoi on March 6.
While expressingher delight at the outcomes of the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year2017, Phong stressed the Vietnamese and Lao NAs have co-organised variouspractical events, thus contributing to the traditional friendship, specialsolidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations.
She took thisoccasion to laud the Lao delegation’s contributions to the 26th Asia-PacificParliamentary Forum (APPF-26), which was held in Hanoi from January 17-20.
Speaking highlyof the outcomes of the earlier talks between the Lao NA’s Committee for EthnicAffairs and Vietnamese NA’s Council for Ethnic Affairs, Phong urged the twosides to continue their close collaboration and experience exchanges.
For her part, BuaphouneLikhaida noted with pleasure the strong development of the Vietnam-Laos specialsolidarity and comprehensive cooperation in all fields.
She expressed her wish to strengthen the friendship and cooperation between the two countries’parliaments and ethnic councils.-VNA