General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong and Lao Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone (Photo: VNA)

The Party leader urged the two Governments to instruct ministries, agencies, localities and businesses to proactively work together to effectively realise Vietnam-Laos joint statements, high-level agreements reached by leaders of the two countries.  He said the two sides should focus on the exchange of information, experience and measures to materialise resolutions adopted at national congresses of each Party.  Sonexay Siphandone said the Lao Government will closely coordinate with its Vietnamese counterpart to instruct ministries, agencies and localities to effectively implement signed agreements

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (third, right) welcomes a delegation of the Lao Government (Photo: VNA)

Meeting the Lao delegation the same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the governments, ministries and sectors of Vietnam and Laos should collaborate together closely to tackle bottlenecks to increase bilateral trade and speed up the implementation of key projects. He asked Lao Deputy PM Siphandone to support the reform of business climate and create favourable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to invest in the host nation.
He said Vietnam and Laos should bolster cooperation in the fields of security and defence, economy, trade, investment, education and culture as well.