Vietnam values, prioritises traditional ties with Laos, Cambodia: top legislator
Vietnam always attaches great importance and gives high priority to strengthening the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia traditional relations, affirmed National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and Chairman of the Lao NA’s Foreign Affairs Committee Sanya Praseuth (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam always attaches greatimportance and gives high priority to strengthening the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodiatraditional relations, affirmed National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
Hue made the statement while receiving Chairmen of the LaoNA’s Foreign Affairs Committee Sanya Praseuth and of the Cambodian NA’sCommission on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation Sous Yara in Hanoi onOctober 21. The guests visited Vietnam to attend an October 18 consultationmeeting between the foreign affairs committees of the three NAs.
At the reception, Chairman of the Vietnamese NA’s Committeefor Foreign Affairs Vu Hai Ha said the consultation agreed to propose theestablishment of a mechanism for periodic high-level meetings between the parliaments.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the Cambodian delegation pose for a group photo (Source: VNA)
Commending the three countries’ parliamentary cooperation, Haand his Lao and Cambodian counterparts highlighted the necessity and importanceof the mechanism for the law-making bodies to discuss and work together informulating policies and laws, monitoring and promoting the effectiveimplementation of bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements of thenations.
The upgrade of the collaboration mechanism among the countries’NA committees to the NA level in such fields as foreign politics, finance,budget, and national defense and security will contribute to consolidating andpromoting their friendly and traditional relationship, they said.
Hue suggested the sides continue backing one another at multilateralforums like the AIPA, IPU, and APPF, and supporting each other's stances onregional and international issues of common concern./.
The CLV Development Triangle was established in 1999 covering 10 provinces, namely Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Dak Nong of Vietnam; Sekong, Attapeu and Saravan of Laos and Stung Treng, Rattanak Kiri and Mondul Kiri of Cambodia.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 10 held talks via videoconference with his counterparts from Cambodia, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, and Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith.
The eighth conference of the Committees for External Relations of the National Assemblies of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV) on Development Triangle Area was held via videoconference on September 23.
A consultation meeting between the committees for external relations of the National Assemblies (NAs) of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam (CLV) took place in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on October 18.
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National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and Chairman of the Lao NA’s Foreign Affairs Committee Sanya Praseuth (Photo: VNA) 
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the Cambodian delegation pose for a group photo (Source: VNA) 
