Lao media spotlights Vietnamese NA Chairman’s visit
Lao media on December 5 and 6 gave extensive coverage of Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s working trip to Laos to attend the first Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit.
Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (left) and his Lao counterpart Saysomphone Phomvihane. (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA)🧔 –Lao media on December 5 and 6 gave extensive coverage of Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong DinhHue’s working trip to Laos to attend the first Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV)Parliamentary Summit.
All newspapers affirmedthat the visit not only reflects the friendship of the Party, Government andpeople of Vietnam to the Party, Government and people of Laos and support for theLao NA in successfully hosting the summit, but also contributes toconsolidating and deepening the great friendship, special solidarity andcomprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, the two States and the two peoples. Major Lao newspapers such asPasaxon, the organ of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party(LPRD) Central Committee, PathetLao, a publication of the Laos News Agency KPL and LaoPhatthana newspaper ran articles and photos on the activities of NA Chairman Hueand the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA in Laos, including talks between Hue and his Lao counterpart Saysomphone Phomvihane and his meetings with General Secretaryof the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and Presidentof Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone. The Lao National Radio and Lao National Television have also devoted significant broadcast time to cover theactivities of Hue and the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA inrecent days. Both agencies said that the visit contributes to not only the successof the summit and promoting parliamentary cooperation between Laos andVietnam, but also enhancing collaboration in other fields suchas socio-economic development, investment, education, healthcare and tourismbetween the two countries./.
Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue held talks with his Lao counterpart Saysomphone Phomvihane in Vientiane on December 4 as part of Hue’s trip to Laos for the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit.
Vietnam supports and is ready to provide maximum assistance to Laos to help it successfully perform the roles as 2024 Chair of ASEAN and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), affirmed Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue while meeting with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Vientiane on December 4.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue had a meeting with General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith in Vientiane on December 4, as part of his trip to attend the first Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit and visit Laos.
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Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (left) and his Lao counterpart Saysomphone Phomvihane. (Photo: VNA) 
