Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Council for Ethnic Affairs Ha Ngoc Chien (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Councilfor Ethnic Affairs Ha Ngoc Chien held talks with Chairwoman of the Lao NationalAssembly’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs Buaphoune Likhaida in Hanoi on March 6to discuss measures to boost stronger cooperation between the two sides.
Chien lauded the Lao delegation’s visit after the success of theVietnam-Laos Friendship and Solidarity Year 2017 with many importantactivities, including celebrations of the 55th anniversary of diplomaticties and the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-LaosTreaty on Amity and Cooperation.
Briefing the Lao officials on the achievements that the Vietnamese NAEthnic Council has gained in implementing ethnic policies, Chien highlightedthe experience and coordination mechanism between the council and the VietnamFatherland Front.
The council’s major tasks include verifying bills and draft ordinances relatedto ethnic affairs, proposing draft documents and projects on ethnic issues, andsupervising the implementation of laws, ordinances and resolutions of the NAand the NA Standing Committee on ethnic matters and socio-economic developmentplans in areas inhabited by ethnic minority groups.
For her part, Buaphoune Likhaida, who is leading the Lao delegation toVietnam from March 5-11, thanked the Vietnamese side for the warm welcome. Hesaid that Laos has paid great attention to ethnic affairs, thus ethnic groupsof the country have showed strong solidarity in national construction.
Having pointing out similarities between the Vietnamese NA’s Council forEthnic Affairs and the Lao NA’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs, she expressed her hope to continue learning from the Vietnamese side’s experience on fosteringcoordination between the council and other organisations, including the VietnamFatherland Front and public organisations.
She also expected that the two agencies will work together to strengthenthe cooperation and friendship between Laos and Vietnam.-VNA
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