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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam, accompanied by a high-ranking delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam, arrived in Vientiane on the morning of February 5 to begin a state visit to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
(KPL) General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam, accompanied by a high-ranking delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam, arrived in Vientiane on the morning of February 5 to begin a state visit to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
At Wattay International Airport, the Vietnamese delegation was warmly received by Deputy Prime Minister Vilay Lakhamfong and senior leaders of the Lao PDR.
The visit is made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of the Lao PDR Thongloun Sisoulith.
The visit takes place shortly after the successful organisation of the 14th National Congress of the CPV and the 12th National Congress of the LPRP. The selection of Laos as the first overseas destination of Party General Secretary To Lam in the new term reflects Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching special importance and top priority to the Vietnam–Laos relationship.
This is also the first state visit hosted by Laos since its 12th National Party Congress, and follows shortly after the visit to Vietnam by Party General Secretary and President of the Lao PDR Thongloun Sisoulith, who was the first foreign head of state to visit Vietnam after the CPV’s 14th National Congress.
The visit is expected to further strengthen the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, States and peoples, and to promote the development of Vietnam–Laos relations in a more substantive, effective and sustainable manner in the new period.
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