Vietnam, Laos seek to cooperate in economic corridor

Lao Deputy Prime Minister Thoongloun Sisoulith on July 14 met with a Vietnamese delegation doing a survey on economic corridor in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.

At the meeting, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Doan Xuan Hung, who led the delegation, briefed his host on the trip’s outcomes.

During its stay in Laos, from July 7-14, the delegation worked with the Lao Foreign Ministry, the Committee of Water Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Energy and Mines and local authorities to study the country’s capacity for cooperation in the Greater Mekong Sub-region and to meet demand for further Vietnamese investment, Hung said.

Deputy PM Thoongloun Sisoulith, who is also Lao Foreign Minister, spoke highly of the mission’s results, saying they would serve investment cooperation between the two countries as well as regional development cooperation, contributing to boosting the comprehensive Vietnam-Laos cooperative ties. – VNA

Tags: Vietnam Laos cooperation, Vietnam Laos trade

Posted by VBN on Jul 15 2011. Filed under Import-Export, Int'l Cooperation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry