The Government leader and the Vietnamese delegation were welcomed at Wattay International Airport by Bouakhong Nammavong, Minister and Head of the Prime Minister’s Office; the Lao Deputy Foreign Minister; leaders of Vientiane; Lao Ambassador to Viet Nam Khamphao Ernthavanh; Chief of the Laos–Viet Nam Cooperation Committee Office Viengsan Chantha; and representatives of departments under the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cuong, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Minh Tam, representatives of Vietnamese agencies and members of the Vietnamese community in Laos were also at the airport to welcome the PM.
During the trip, PM Chinh will join senior leaders of the two Parties at the high-level meeting, co-chair the 48th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee with his Lao counterpart, and hold bilateral engagements with Lao leaders. He is also scheduled to co-chair the Viet Nam–Laos Economic Forum.
At the 48th meeting, the two Government delegations will review the implementation of cooperation agreements under the 2021–2025 Viet Nam–Laos Cooperation Plan and one for 2025. They will also discuss cooperation orientations and tasks for the 2026–2030 period and 2026 specifically, in order to concretise conclusions reached at the recent meeting of the two Politburos.
