Vietnam, Laos science, technology ministries step up links
Vietnamese Minister Chu Ngoc Anh has thanked the Lao Government for its assistance and provision of favourable conditions for cooperation between the two countries’ science and technology ministries.
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith (R) receives Minister Chu Ngoc Anh on December 8 (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Vietnamese Minister Chu NgocAnh has thanked the Lao Government for its assistance and provision of favourableconditions for cooperation between the two countries’ ministries of science andtechnology.
Meeting with Lao Prime Minister ThonglounSisoulith in Vientiane on December 8, Anh said his ministry will continuesupporting the Lao counterpart in building legal documents, mechanisms,policies and development programmes that match the global scientific andtechnological trend.
The Vietnamese side will also enhancecooperation between the countries’ border localities to boostscience-technology application, thereby helping with Lao provinces’ socio-economicdevelopment, he added.
PM Thongloun Sisoulith highly valued theministries’ cooperation between 2011 and 2015, asking the Vietnamese ministryand Government to further assist the Lao Ministry of Science and Technology(MoST).
The two sides also need to keep sharingexperience in the management of scientific and technological activities, henoted.
During talks the same day, Anh and his Laocounterpart Boviengkham Vongdala voiced their delight at growing collaborationin science and technology, lauding the close coordination to implement relevantcooperation activities mentioned in an agreement on the two Governments’ 2016cooperation plan.
They agreed that Vietnam’s MoST will continuehelping the Lao ministry make and fine-tune legal documents on science andtechnology, and design joint research projects based on Laos’s proposals and needsto help this nation improve scientific research capacity, technologyapplication, and innovation.
The ministries will also assist the science andtechnology departments at Vietnamese localities bordering Laos to strengthenties with Lao provinces through science-technology application projects.
They are set to work closely to carry outactivities on the occasion of 40 years since the signing of the Laos-Vietnam Treatyof Friendship and Cooperation (1977) and 55 years of the two countries’diplomatic ties (1962) next year, the officials noted.-VNA
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Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith (R) receives Minister Chu Ngoc Anh on December 8 (Photo: VNA) 
