VN pledges to boost special ties with Laos

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan  mets Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou, Cambodia, January 15, Siem Reap, 2019.

At the meeting, Pany Yathotou spoke highly of the Vietnamese NA leader’s speech at the opening ceremony of the APPF-27 which emphasises that successful parliamentary partnership would contribute to addressing regional concerns and issues. 

She called on the Vietnamese and Lao NAs to continue exchanging delegations, organising workshops and thematic conferences and joining hands in inspecting the implementation of signed agreements. 

The Lao chief legislator thanked the Vietnamese NA for its support and information and experience exchange in improving the quality of meetings of the legislature and people’s councils. 

She noted her wish that committees of the two legislatures will partner in supervising the realisation of agreements reached by high-ranking leaders of the two countries in order to promptly deal with bottlenecks and create more favourable conditions for movements through border gates, helping raise the bilateral trade, and promote economic and trade ties. 

In turn, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said the Vietnamese NA is willing to share operational experience of the people’s councils in localities with the Lao side.

She highlighted the bilateral comprehensive, intensive and result-oriented legislative ties, including the sharing of experience in law-building under a cooperation agreement reached in 2017. 

The two sides shared the views that the two legislatures should exert greater efforts to strengthen their ties in 2019.

The leaders also talked about coordination to speed up the construction of the Lao NA House – a gift from the Vietnamese Party, State and people to Laos. 

By Vien Nhu