Lao Party General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith meets Politburo member and Permanent Secretariat member Trần Cẩm Tú (right) during his visit to Việt Nam in January. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Politburo member and Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Trần Cẩm Tú left Hà Nội on Thursday, leading a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation on official visits to Laos and Cambodia.

The two-day visits are made at the invitation of Vilay Lakhamphong, Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee, and Samdech Say Chhum, Vice President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Chairman of the Standing Board of the CPP Central Committee.

Delegation members include Politburo members Bùi Thị Minh Hoài, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee; Lê Hoài Trung, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Đoàn Minh Huấn, President of the Hồ Chí Minh National Academy of Politics, among other officials. 

The visits by the senior Party official are expected to reinforce political trust, deepen substantive cooperation, and elevate the comprehensive partnership among the three neighbouring countries, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Mạnh Cường.

The visits carry special political and cultural significance as these are the first by Tú to the neighbouring countries. They also coincide with the traditional New Year festivals of Laos and Cambodia, Bunpimay and Chol Chhnam Thmey, which embody community solidarity and the long-standing bonds among the three Indochinese nations.

They also take place shortly after Việt Nam successfully organised the 14th National Party Congress and completed the consolidation of its leadership apparatus, setting new strategic orientations for national development, Cường said. — VNA/VNS