A delegation of the northern province of Lai Chau held talks with their peers from Laos’s Phongsaly and Oudomxay provinces in Lai Chau city on March 14.
Leaders of Lai Chau and Oudomxay provinces sign the minute of the talks (Photo: VNA)
Lai Chau (VNA) – A delegation of the northernprovince of Lai Chau held talks with their peers from Laos’s Phongsaly and Oudomxayprovinces in Lai Chau city on March 14.
Addressing the event, Giang Pao My, member of the PartyCentral Committee, Secretary of the Lai Chau Party Committee, and Chairman ofthe provincial People’s Council briefed the guests on the natural conditions aswell as socio-economic situation of Lai Chau.
My highlighted the development of relations between Lai Chauand the two localities of Laos over the years, with regular contacts andexchanges of delegations as well as cooperation in the fields of front andexternal relations, tourism, defence, and security.
Lai Chau is hosting 180 students from Phongsaly andOudomxay, the official noted.
At the talks, leaders of the three provinces highly valued the cooperation outcomes among them over theyears, and agreed on future orientations to foster the friendship, experienceexchanges, as well as partnership in economy, culture, tourism, health care,education, and defence and security.
They concurred to maintain their friendly relations andcreate favourable conditions for socio-economic organisations and people of theprovinces to travel to each other’s localities to learn experience and exploreeach other’s traditions and cultures, thus contributing to fostering theirfriendship and solidarity.
The Lai Chau leader expressed hope that the three provinces will continue to expand and enhance the cooperation quality in allfields, while strengthening friendly exchanges and information sharing, andsupporting each other in training, technology transfer, and buildingpractical and effective collaboration among their sectors and localities.
Along with informing each other on the socio-economicsituation of each locality, the three provinces should promote potentials andstrengths to each other to attract more investment and support each other inselling their products. They should also strengthen cooperation inculture and people-to-people exchanges.
The provinces should encourage their businesses to form tours andtourism routes crossing their destinations, and helping eachother in human resources training, My underlined./.
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Leaders of Lai Chau and Oudomxay provinces sign the minute of the talks (Photo: VNA) 
