Vietnam - Laos unite to link strategic vision with specific actions

On January 26, immediately after the solemn official welcoming ceremony, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary To Lam held talks with General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.

At the talks, General Secretary To Lam warmly welcomed the General Secretary, President of Laos and his wife, along with the high-level delegation of the Party and State of Laos visiting the State level of Vietnam; expressed respect and appreciation for the fact that the General Secretary, President of Laos visited Vietnam as the first country to visit in the position of General Secretary, President of Laos immediately after the success of the new term Congress of each Party.

General Secretary To Lam affirmed that the visit is meaningful and a historical milestone, showing the special importance of the Party and State of Laos and comrade Thongloun Sisoulith personally to the Vietnam-Laos relationship.

The two leaders emphasized that in the context that the two Parties have just successfully organized the new term Congress, opening a new stage of development with long-term strategic orientations, continuing to strengthen strategic cohesion, deepening and making the comprehensive cooperation relationship between Vietnam - Laos, Laos - Vietnam more substantive and meaningful is extremely important and urgent; affirming that this is not only an objective requirement stemming from the fundamental and long-term interests of each country, but also a common political responsibility of the two Parties in inheriting, preserving and promoting the invaluable common asset that generations of leaders and people of the two countries have painstakingly cultivated; agreed that in the new development stage, the two sides need to concretize, synchronously and effectively organize high-level agreements and the Vietnam - Laos Joint Declaration in a central position, ensuring close links between strategic vision and specific actions.

The two leaders agreed to promote the strengths of each country, focus on implementing projects that meet the practical needs of the people of the two countries, bearing high imprints and symbolism for bilateral relations, prioritizing key areas such as defense - security, contributing to maintaining political stability, social order and safety of each country, firmly consolidating a peaceful and stable environment for long-term sustainable development; promote economic - trade - investment cooperation, strive to achieve a trade turnover of 10 billion USD, strengthen the connection between the two economies, connect transportation with major projects such as the Hanoi - Vientiane expressway, Vientiane - Vung Ang railway;

Promoting the improvement of the quality and efficiency of cooperation in education and training, developing human resources, especially high-quality human resources, researching the possibility of applying new training models, promoting propaganda about the special relationship between Vietnam and Laos; agreeing to strive to promote breakthroughs, improve the efficiency of cooperation in the fields of culture, tourism, science and technology on the basis of maximizing the potential, strengths and complementarity of each country; expanding cooperation in the fields of telecommunications, e-government and digital transformation.

At the end of the talks, the two leaders witnessed the handover ceremony of cooperation documents between the two countries.

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