PM promises support for Laos in developing transport
Vietnam will do its best to help Laos, especially in transport development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the Lao Minister of Public Works and Transport during their meeting on March 7.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Lao Minister of Public Works and Transport Bounchanh Sinthavong (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will do its best to helpLaos, especially in transport development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc toldvisiting Lao Minister of Public Works and Transport Bounchanh Sinthavong during their meeting in Hanoi on March 7.
The PM welcomed the minister’s proposals, noting that the Vietnam-Laos IntergovernmentalCommittee had reached a consensus on those issues at its 39th meeting.
He affirmed that Vietnam will allow Laos to use Vietnam’s sea ports to serve Laos’seconomic development, and encourage Laos to cooperate with Vietnam in building andexploiting sea ports.
Regarding the Hanoi-Vientiane Expressway project, the PM agreed that the Vietnameseside will complete a feasible study for the plan in 2017, asking the two countries’ministries of transport to work closely with foreign consultation units tofulfill the work as soon as possible.
He also urged both sides’ ministries, sectors and relevant agencies toproactively enhance coordination in other transport projects.
PM Phuc requested the Ministries of Transport and Foreign Affair of the twocountries to review the operation of the“one-stop-shop” model atborder gates, with a view to facilitating transport between the two countriesand ensuring security at shared border areas.
For his part, Bounchanh Sinthavong informed the host on the cooperation between the twoministries of transport in implementing the guidelines by the two Governments atthe Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee’s 39th meeting.
Regarding a project to build a road connecting Laos’s Luang Prabang provincewith Vietnam’s Dien Bien province, he said his country is selecting contractorsto coordinate with Vietnam to accelerating the project.
The two countries’ ministries of transport will also jointly work to implementother projects, in line with the directions of the two Governments, he added.-VNA
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The country is willing to participate in collective efforts to promote cooperation and mobilise resources to advance the current priority issues of developing countries, such as trade, investment, infrastructure connectivity, making the most of scientific and technological advances for development, and people-to-people exchanges, Hang said.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Lao Minister of Public Works and Transport Bounchanh Sinthavong (Source: VNA) 
