Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 12 for Vice Chairwoman of the People’s Council of Vientiane capital city of Laos Lamphoy Siakkhachanh.
NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai (R) and Vice Chairwoman of the People’s Council of Vientiane capital city of Laos Lamphoy Siakkhachanh (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the VietnameseNational Assembly Nguyen Duc Ha꧃i hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 12 forVice Chairwoman of the People’s Council of Vientiaﷺne capital city of Laos LamphoySiakkhachanh.
Hai told his guest that Vietnam and Laos have maintained regular high-level visits, meetings andcooperation mechanisms through various channels, including those between the twolegislatures. The two sides have been working closely together to create a favourablelegal framework for the implementation of agreements reached by the twoGovernments, while strengthening coordination and supervision over the implementationof bilateral cooperation agreements. The NA Vice Chairman hailed the ties between Hanoi and Vientiane as amodel for locality-to-locality cooperation between the two countries, adding that the Vietnamese NA is amending the Capital Law to introducespecial mechanisms, especially those regarding infrastructure management and developmentin the capital region, to facilitate Hanoi's development. He affirmed that the Vietnamese Party and State have, and willcreate favourable conditions for cooperation between Hanoi and Vientiane, and suggestedthat the two capital cities, especially their People's Councils,continue to effectively implement the signed agreements, making Hanoi-Vientianeties a vivid testimony to the special traditional friendship between Vietnamand Laos. Siakkhachanh, for her part, informed the host about the outcomesof her talks with delegates from the Hanoi People’s Council, saying that both sides had sharedexperience in appraising and monitoring the implementation of large investmentprojects, including both domestic and foreign-invested ones, and the buildingof resolutions by the People's Councils and legal documents./.
Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in Vientiane on December 4, beginning his working trip in Laos to attend the first Cambodia – Laos – Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit from December 4 to 7.
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Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen and Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council of Lao capital of Vientiane Anouphap Tounalom discussed ways to promote all-round cooperation between the two localities during their talks in HCM City on December 11.
Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi People's Council Phung Thi Hong Ha held talks with Vice Chairwoman of Laos's Vientiane capital People's Council Lamphoy Siakkhachanh in Hanoi on December 12.
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NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai (R) and Vice Chairwoman of the People’s Council of Vientiane capital city of Laos Lamphoy Siakkhachanh (Photo: VNA) 
