Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) meets Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, Hanoi, September 10, 2024. (Photo: VNA/Duong Giang)

The two leaders praised the unceasing development of bilateral ties and reached high consensus on the orientation for vulture bilateral cooperation.

They stressed the need to continue working closely to implement high-level agreements and the outcomes of the 46th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos inter-governmental committee as well as the State visit to Laos by President To Lam, along with cooperative programs between ministries, sectors and localities of the two countries.

They agreed to increase the exchange of all-level delegations, promote defence-security cooperation as important pillars of the bilateral relationship, enhance the effectiveness of economic-trade ties and further facilitate investment and business of each other’s enterprises.

The two countries will continue to support each other in building an independent and self-reliant economy while advancing international integration and further strengthening connectivity between the Vietnamese and Lao economies as well as among the three economies of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, particularly connectivity in institutions, finance, transport infrastructure, energy, telecommunications and tourism, they said.

Vietnam and Laos will focus on removing obstacles in the implementation of key joint projects, and encourage educational, cultural, tourism, banking, labour cooperation and people-to-people exchange.

Amid complicated developments regionally and globally, the two sides agreed to regularly exchange experience and information, coordinate closely and support each other at international and regional forums, particularly in ASEAN, the UN and sub-regional mechanisms.