Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chairs a meeting with the Vietnam-Laos Cooperation Committee in Hanoi on January 13, 2018

The event, which was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh, discussed the implementation of the cooperation agreement with Laos last year and plans for 2018.

Mr. Phuc said that 2017 was a year of solidarity between the two countries and both sides successfully organized grand ceremonies marking the 55th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties and 40 years since the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. He urged relevant sides to effectively coordinate to make thorough preparations for the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee for Bilateral Cooperation to be held later this year.