Upon his arrival in Hanoi on Sept. 15, Lao Prime Minister Buasone
Bouphavan held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung,
where the two leaders vowed to meet trade and border delineation
targets.
The two PMs showed determination to take joint measures to bring two-way
trade revenues to 2 billion USD by 2015 and finish border demarcation
by 2014.
They shared a view to strengthen
cooperation to ensure security, public order and encourage development
projects in border areas.
Also high on the talks
agenda were the Vietnam-Laos cooperation strategy for the 2011-2020
period and the agreement of cooperation for the next five years, which
the two leaders pledged to finalise soon.
They
also showed determination to make further efforts to solve outstanding
problems to boost comprehensive cooperation, ranging from trade to
investment, culture, education, tourism, transportation, healthcare,
agriculture, hydro-power, post and telecommunications, industrial crops
planting and mining.
The traditional friendship,
special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and
Laos are faring well, the leaders said with satisfaction.
Buasone Bouphavan assured his host of the Lao policy to provide the
best possible conditions for Vietnamese investors interested in the Lao
market.
He said Laos has placed a high priority
on cooperation with Vietnam in personnel training and human
resources development.
With regard to
international issues, the Lao Prime Minister highly valued the role
played by Vietnam in the capacity of ASEAN Chair, making positive
contributions to the progress towards a community of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
He expressed
support for Vietnam in fulfilling the ASEAN chair as well as Vietnam
’s initiatives in strengthening solidarity and successfully building
the ASEAN community.
The two Prime Ministers agreed to support each other in regional and international forums.
Coming out from the talks, PM Dung and his Lao counterpart, PM
Buasone Boaphavan, witnessed the signing of an agreement on air
transportation, a protocol on generating favourable conditions for land
road motor vehicles across the border and a memorandum of understanding
on air transportation exploitation.
These accords will provide major legal foundations for the two countries to develop trade and traffic flows.
Later in the day, PM Dung held a party in honour of Lao Prime
Minister Buasone Bouphavan and his entourage, who are on an official
visit to Vietnam./.
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