(VOV) - The labour ministries of Vietnam and Laos signed an agreement on labour and social welfare cooperation at a meeting in Hue on Monday. Signatories to the agreement were Pham Thi Hai Chuyen, Vietnamese Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, and Onechanh Thammavong, Lao Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. They said both sides will continue implementing a labour cooperation agreement between the two governments and another cooperation agreement between the two ministries.They will increase the sharing of experience and cooperation in labour and employment, and make recommendations to their governments to ease difficulties in policy implementation. They will also work closely with relevant agencies to search and collect remains of volunteer Vietnamese and Lao soldiers who died in each other’s territories during wartime. They agreed to hold the fourth meeting in Laos in 2015.   

Addressing the meeting, the third of its kind between the two ministries, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc acknowledged effective cooperation between the two ministries in recent times, especially the signing of the labour cooperation agreement. He asked the two ministries to improve the quality and diversify modes of cooperation, making a practical contribution to socio-economic development in each country.