He is accompanied by leaders of several National Assembly Committees, ministries, agencies and localities that share a border with Laos.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue leaves Hanoi for Laos visit
This is the first official visit to Laos by a leader of Vietnam in the Vietnam - Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022.
The visit is aimed at evaluating the substantive results of the implementation of cooperation agreements between the two National Assemblies of Vietnam and Laos for the 2017-2022 term, as well as signing new cooperation agreements between the two sides.
The Vietnam - Laos relations have developed positively in recent times despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The two sides have successfully organized the annual meeting of the two Party Politburos, the 44th session of the Vietnam - Laos Intergovernmental Committee and the launching ceremony of the ‘Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022’.
Two-way trade turnover in the first two months of the year reached US$243.2 million, up 21.9% over the same period in 2021. Vietnam has so far poured US$4.7 billion into 417 projects in Laos, including US$64.3 million worth of three projects in the first two months of 2022.
The two countries have maintained close cooperation in the fields of security - defense, education and training, culture, and the COVID-19 fight. Cooperation between localities, especially localities with a shared border, have been promoted.
