Vietnamese State President receives Lao Prime Minister
President Luong Cuong reaffirmed the Vietnamese Party and State’s consistent policy of attaching importance and giving the highest priority to strengthening the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation with Laos.
State President Luong Cuong (R) receives Prime Minister of Laos Sonexay Siphandone on the sidelines of P4G Summit in Hanoi on April 17. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – State President Luong Cuong on April 17 hosted Prime Minister of Laos Sonexay Siphandone, who is in Vietnam for the ongoing 4th Partnership for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) Summit.
During the meeting, President Cuong reaffirmed the Vietnamese Party and State’s consistent policy of attaching importance and giving the highest priority to strengthening the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation with Laos.
The leader extended his greetings to the Lao side on the occasion of the traditional New Year festival Bunpimay, as well as his regards and wishes to Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and other high-ranking leaders of the neighbouring country.
State President Luong Cuong (R) and Prime Minister of Laos Sonexay Siphandone at the meeting in Hanoi on April 17. (Photo: VNA)
Cuong congratulated Laos on its positive achievements across fields, as well as its increasing reputation and position in the region and the world.
The President expressed his belief that Laos will achieve even greater accomplishments, successfully fulfilling the goals set out in the Resolution of the 11th National Party Congress and the 9th five-year socio-economic development plan, paving the way for the successful organisation of the 12th National Party Congress.
For his part, Siphandone expressed his pleasure in attending the P4G Summit and wished the event great success.
He noted hope to soon welcome President Cuong to Laos, and work closely with Vietnam in organising events promoting the solidarity and support for mutual development between the two countries.
The leaders emphasised the traditional relations between the two countries, built and nurtured by President Ho Chi Minh, and President Kaysone Phomvihane and President Souphanouvong, along with generations of leaders of both nations.
They noted with pleasure significant achievements in bilateral relations in recent times, particularly in strengthening political trust, tightening cooperation in security and defence, expanding economic collaboration, and fostering locality-to-locality exchanges./.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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Under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh and the CPV, President Cuong said, the press has been a steadfast force on the ideological and cultural front, rallying the masses to pursue national aspirations.
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