Leader Nguyen Phu Trong hosts Lao top legislator

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception for Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou in Hanoi on March 5.

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 Vietnam 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 Vietnam-Laos joint statements and agreements reached by the parties, states, governments and parliaments of the two countries.

Trong 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 Vietnam 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 Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Lao parliamentary leader informed her host on 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 counterpart.

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./.

VNA