Prime Minister to pay working visit to Laos

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead a high-ranking delegation to Laos for a working visit on September 13-14.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead a high-ranking delegation to Laos for a working visit on September 13-14.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung

The visit is made at the invitation of Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong.

Vietnam and Laos have been enjoying the sound traditional, special friendship, solidarity and comprehensive cooperation across the fields, particularly in the economy, with two-way trade increasing 24.5 percent to 1.4 billion USD in 2014.

The signing of a new trade agreement between the two countries is expected to raise the bilateral trade to 2 billion USD in 2015.

Vietnam is currently one of the biggest investors in Laos, pumping in a total investment of 5.22 billion USD.