Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong and a high-ranking delegation from the Vietnamese Party and State leftHanoi for an official visit to Laos on November 24 morning.
The visit is made at the invitation of Lao Party GeneralSecretary and President Bounnhang Volachith.
During his tour, the Party chief will hold talks with LaoParty General Secretary and President Bunnhang Volachit and meet other leadersand former leaders of Laos, according to Chairman of the Party CentralCommittee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan.
On the occasion, various cooperation agreements between the two Parties andStates will be signed.
The Vietnamese Party leader will also meet lecturers and students of theNational University of Laos – a scientific research and human resourcestraining centre of the country.
Vietnam-Laos political relations have flourished in recent times thanks toregular meetings and visits of their leaders. Meanwhile, links insecurity-defence and diplomacy have become more effective, contributing toensuring security and social order in each country.
Personnel training is a top priority of cooperation between the two Parties andStates. The two countries signed many agreements on education and training.
Links in economy have also recorded fruitful development as the two countrieshave paid more attention to enhancing coordination to promote trade andinvestment connection.
Vietnam is the third largest investor of Laos, while Laosattracts the most investment from Vietnam among 64 countries and territorieswhere Vietnamese businesses are investing in.
As of September, Vietnam had 266 licensed investment projects worth 5.1 billionUSD in Laos, 1.3 times the number of projects and 1.26 times the totalinvestment capital in 2011./.
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