During his stay in Vietnam, PM Bouasone Bouphavanh held talks with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, at which the two PMs reviewed the implementation of the agreements reached by the two countries’ leaders.

Host and guest shared their views and reached a consensus on measures to tighten the two nations’ traditional ties of solidarity and comprehensive cooperation in all areas.

Lao PM also met with National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong, State President Nguyen Minh Triet and Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh.

At these events, Vietnamese leaders expressed their pleasure at the existing development of Vietnam-Lao comprehensive cooperation.

They expressed their hopes that the two governments would continue to work with each other to guide ministries, agencies and localities in the implementation of the agreements and map out measures to raise the quality of education and human resource training, increase two-way trade turnover as well as the efficiency of investment projects while speeding up the upgrading and planting of markers along the shared border.

PM Bouasone Bouphavanh said the Party, State and people of Laos will try their best to partner with Vietnam to foster traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations.

He laid wreaths and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum, and the fallen soldiers in the northern province of Tuyen Quang.