(KPL/VNA) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation began an official visit to Vietnam from Oct 1.
The three-day visit is made at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Laos and Vietnam have enjoyed a traditional friendship, special solidarity and thriving partnership in all fields.
Over the past years, political ties between the two countries have been expanded with stronger trust, playing
The bilateral partnership in
Laos and Vietnam have regularly exchanged viewpoints on regional and international issues, while coordinating with and supporting each other at multilateral cooperation forums, especially within the framework of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations.
Cooperation in economy, culture, education-training
By December 2018, Vietnam had invested in 409 projects worth 4.1 billion USD in Laos, mostly in hydropower, mining, industrial plant growing
The two sides have implemented a new bilateral trade agreement, a border trade deal and a revised protocol on goods transit, among
Last year, two-way trade between the two countries was valued at about 1 billion USD. Vietnam imported beverages, wood, mineral products
In terms of education and training, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam has handed over Vietnamese language textbooks from 1st to 12th grades to Laos, which is being piloted at Nguyen Du School.
Vietnam has sent Vietnamese teachers to 28 establishments in 11 cities and provinces of
Bilateral ties between localities, especially those along the shared border, have also been expanded, especially in infrastructure, healthcare, personnel training, poverty reduction
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