NA Chairman arrives in Vientiane, beginning working trip in Laos
Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in Vientiane on December 4, beginning his working trip in Laos to attend the first Cambodia – Laos – Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit from December 4 to 7.
Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in Vientiane on December 4. (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Huearrived in Vientiane on December 4, beginning his working trip in Laos to attend the first Cambodia – Laos – Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit fromDecember 4 to 7.
The trip was made at the invitation of Chairman of the Lao National Assembly SaysomphonePhomvihane.
During his stay in Laos, the Vietnamese top legislator will have meetings withhigh-ranking leaders of the Lao Party, State and National Assembly to discussmeasures enhancing the bilateral cooperation in the coming time.
He will also join in several economic and cultural events, including meetings with Lao people who used to study in Vietnam,and the Vietnamese businesses and Vietnamese community in Laos.
Following activities in Laos, the Vietnamese NA leader will attendthe parliamentary summit of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV), with three topicscovering foreign affairs, economy, culture-society, and defence-security.
The Vietnamese top legislator’sattendance in the first summit aims to enhance the friendship, solidarity, andcomprehensive cooperation among the threeparliamentsfor their countries’ sustainable development in the CLV Development TriangleArea and the three economies’ connectivity.
At the 43rd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly (AIPA) in December 2022, NA Chairman Hue and his counterparts Heng Samrin of Cambodia andSaysomphone Phomvihane of Laos signed a joint statement on establishing the CLVParliamentary Summit mechanism, held biennially and co-chaired by the three NAchairpersons.
The establishment of the parliamentary summit is a move that helps concretisethe outcomes of the high-level meeting among Party leaders of Cambodia, Laosand Vietnam in September 2021.
The first summit in Laos is a milestone in the cooperation history of the threeparliaments, helping elevate the collaboration to the highest level, and contributing to consolidating and enhancing the traditional relations andspecial solidarity among the three Parties, States and peoples./.
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Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in Vientiane on December 4. (Photo: VNA) 
