Lao NEWS on LNTV: LPRP Secretary General & President of Laos wraps up his Vietnam visit.22/8/2014

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VO The LPRP Secretary General and the President of Laos, Choummaly Saysone wraps up his official visit to Vietnam, on August 18-21 INTRO: The Lao People's Revolutionary Party Secretary General and the President of Laos, Choummaly Saysone and other high-ranking officials wraps up a three-day official visit to Vietnam on August 18-21. The visit aims to discuss their relations, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation in the future. STORY: In response to an invitation from the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Secretary General and the President of Laos, Choummaly Saysone and his wife, along with members of his delegation visited Vietnam from August the 18th to 21st Laos and Vietnam have come together to discuss strengthening their relationship, as well as comprehensive cooperation in the future. The Lao President and delegation were warmly welcome by Nguyen Phu Trong and Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang. Both reported on outstanding issues from both parties and both countries, they also evaluated their previous cooperation before continuing to discuss increasing their relations, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation in the future. Mr Choummaly thanked Mr Nguyen Phu Trong and President Truong Tan Sang, as well as the people of Ho Chi Minh City and Lam Dong province for welcoming him to the country. He believed that under the clear-sighted leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vietnamese people would continue to implement the goals of the 11th Party Congress and achieve them. Mr Choummaly also evaluated the traditional relations and special solidarity between Laos and Vietnam, while encouraging them to continue expanding their cooperation to its full potential. General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Mr Nguyen Phu Trong and President Truong Tan Sang also believed that under the clear-sighted leadership of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Lao people would overcome all their difficulties. It is recorded that, reviewing major milestones in the Vietnam – Lao relationship over the last 50 years, Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang said that during the fight against their common adversary, the two countries stood shoulder to shoulder and sacrificed their blood for ultimate victory. Between 1961 and 1975, the two countries united to fight for national independence and freedom. Reaching political and military consensus, the Vietnam Labor Party and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party advocated independence and socialism to lead their revolutions to success. From 1975 to the present, Vietnam – Lao relations have evolved a comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties and the two States for independence, sovereignty, and mutual prosperity. In addition to a fine political and national security relationship, the two nations have exerted efforts to promote economic and trade ties. On July 18, 1977, the two countries signed a Friendship and Cooperation Treaty and a Border Delimitation Treaty. Since the 4th Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, both countries have accelerated reforms and international integration. Over the past 50 years, especially the 35 years of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship and Cooperation Treaty, the traditional friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries have become ever closer and more widely developed in all areas, including politics, diplomacy, defense-security, education-training, economics, trade, investment, and science-technology. President of Laos, Choummaly Saysone also expressed his pleasure at the significant development of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, particularly in trade and investment. Currently, Vietnamese businesses are operating 435 projects in Laos with a total capital of over 5.2 billion USD, making Vietnam one of the biggest investors in Laos. The two countries are striving to raise two-way trade turnover to 1 billion USD in 2012 and 2 billion USD in 2015. Regarding the future relations, the two countries top leaders expressed their belief that the two countries will further consolidate and develop their traditional friendship to serve their people’s aspiration of building Vietnam into a strong country with wealthy people and a democratic, just and civilised society and building Laos into a peaceful, independent, democratic, united and prosperous nation, thus making positive contributions to boosting peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and in the world.