NA Vice Chairman hosts Lao counterpart in Kien Giang
Vietnam always wishes to deepen the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, Permanent National Assembly Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man told Lao NA Vice Chairwoman and Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group Sounthone Xayachack during a reception in the southern province of Kien Giang on July 10.
Permanent National Assembly Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man (R) and his Lao counterpart Sounthone Xayachack (Photo: VNA)
KienGiang (VNA) – Vietnam always wishes to deepen the great friendship,special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, Permanent NationalAssembly Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man told Lao NA Vice Chairwoman andChairwoman of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group Sounthone Xayachack during a reception inthe southern province of Kien Giang on July 10.
Xayachack is leading aLao delegation to the 14th meeting of the ASEANInter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Caucus in the province's PhuQuoc city.
Mantold his guest that the Vietnamese NA Standing Committee’s Deputy Affairs Board is collaboratingto hold training courses for the Lao NA deputies while the Office of the VietnameseNA is conducting Vietnamese language classes for the Lao NA’s Secretariat. The twolegislatures also facilitate working visits and exchanges at the committeelevel, between friendship parliamentarian groups, and work closely together atglobal and regional inter-parliamentary forums.
The Vietnamese NA is readyto share experience with and help the Lao NA in law building, supervision anddeciding on the country’s important issues. It is also willing to assist theLao NA in holding the first Summit of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam National Assemblies slated for December, and assuming the role of ASEAN Chair and AIPA Chair in2024, Man said.
Xayachack, for herpart, wished that both sides would speed up and complete several projects partlyfunded by Vietnam.
About the Lao NA building, shesuggested the two sides continue sharing experience in the operation andmaintenance of the building to ensure its effective and smooth functioning.
✱ She also hoped that theVietnamese legislature would work with the Lao side to ensure the success ofthe Summit this year./.
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Permanent National Assembly Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man (R) and his Lao counterpart Sounthone Xayachack (Photo: VNA) 
