Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong made a fact-finding tour of Kon Tum, Gia Lai and Binh Dinh provinces from February 23-26 to learn about their development experience.
In the Central Highland province of Kon Tum, the Lao delegation visited Ha Mon commune, an exemplary role model in building new rural areas.
In the Central Highland province of Gia Lai, the delegation toured Army Corps 15 and Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Academy, and examined the public-private partnership model of Duc Long-Gia Lai bus station.
In Binh Dinh, the delegation visited Qui Nhon University which has trained hundreds of Lao students, Qui Nhon port, Binh Dinh Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Company and several cultural relics.
At separate working sessions with leaders of the three Vietnamese localities, Mr Thammavong thanked Vietnam, and the three provinces in particular, for their valuable assistance to Laos in national construction and defence.
He said Vietnamese and Lao localities should increase exchanges of visits at all levels to share experience in implementing socio-economic development projects, especially in poverty reduction, ensuring social security, studying and applying the public-private partnership model and building new rural areas.
Both sides need to strengthen cooperation in the areas of industrial-agricultural production, aquaculture, forestry development, and human resources training, said Mr Thammavong.
The Lao Prime Minister witnessed the signing of cooperation agreements between the two countries’ organisations and businesses.
On February 26, he was received by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Binh Dinh province where he briefed his host on the results of his trip.
The Lao delegation left Phu Cat airport on February 26, concluding their trip to the three provinces.
Lao PM explores development models in Vietnam
PM Thongsing Thammavong made a fact-finding tour of Kon Tum, Gia Lai and Binh Dinh provinces from February 23-26 to learn about their development experience.
Source: VOV
