Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) receives Vice Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Sengnouane Xayalath in Hanoi on July 17 (Photo: VNA)

Sengnouane Xayalath, who is also Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee Secretariat, expressed his delight at the growing special solidarity between the two countries while appreciating the enormous, timely and effective assistance Vietnam has given to Laos throughout history.

He pledged to coordinate closely with the Vietnamese National Assembly to effectively carry out the agreements reached by leaders of the two Parties, countries and National Assemblies. Party General Secretary Trong spoke highly of the two legislative agencies’ cooperation, asking them to enhance sharing information and experience in making law, supervising and deciding important issues. The Party leader also called on them to boost examining and promoting ministries, sectors and localities’ implementation of agreements between Vietnamese and Lao Parties, Governments and parliaments.