Leader Nguyen Phu Trong receives Lao top legislator

March 06, 2019 - 07:10

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng hosted a reception for Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou in Hà Nội yesterday.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng (right) meets Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng
Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI – Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng hosted a reception for Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou in Hà Nội yesterday.

He congratulated Laos on its remarkable achievements gained after three years of implementing the resolution of the 10th National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP).

He expressed his pleasure that the special relationship between Việt Nam and Laos has been further deepened in all fields, to which the two countries’ parliaments have made active contributions.

The Vietnamese leader asked the two National Assemblies to increase cooperation and experience sharing in law making and supervision activities. He also asked them to enhance the supervision and direction of the implementation of Việt Nam-Laos joint statements and agreements reached by the parties, states, governments and parliaments of the two countries.

Trọng also urged the two sides to strengthen coordination and mutual support at regional and international forums.

Pany Yathotou expressed her belief that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Vietnamese people will gain more remarkable achievements in the cause of reform and successfully implement the resolution of the 12th National Congress of the CPV.

She thanked Việt Nam for its valuable support of Laos from the past to present and spoke highly of the outcomes of the recent official visit to Laos by Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

The Lao parliamentary leader informed Trọng about the results of the cooperation between the two National Assemblies, as well as the outcomes reached during a working session between her delegation and their Vietnamese counterparts.

The Lao National Assembly will work closely with its Vietnamese counterpart to effectively implement their cooperation agreements as well as agreements between the two parties and states, she affirmed. — VNS

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