Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh and Lao FM Saleumxay Kommasith
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They also highlighted the significance of the visits by Lao Party Secretary General and President Bounnhang Volachith and Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith to Viet Nam that have contributed to strengthening political trust and lifting the Viet Nam-Laos special solidarity to a new height. They agreed to continue facilitating the exchange of all-level visits in various forms, coordinate to implement the outcomes of talks between the two countries’ leaders and the 38th meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Viet Nam-Laos Cooperation for 2016-2020.
Deputy PM Minh asked the Lao government to continue providing all possible support for Vietnamese nationals living in the country. He also wished that Lao would consider tax reductions for Vietnamese merchants who suffered losses caused by the fire at Dao Huong market in Champasak Province in May.
Both sides pledged to well implement the Protocol on the border and border markers, and the agreement on border and border gate management signed in March 2016, while continuing with joint work to settle issues of free migration and unregistered marriages for a border of peace, stability, cooperation and development. Vietnam and Laos will work for the settlement of disputes by peaceful means in line with widely-accepted principles of international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the full and effective observance of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea, towards the early formulation of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea.
The Vietnamese Deputy PM thanked Laos for discharging water from hydropower dams in Mekong River tributaries and assisting Vietnam in recovering from impacts of prolonged drought and salt water intrusion in the south. The two sides will work closely together and with other countries and international organisations for the sustainable and effective management and use of Mekong River water resources.
Deputy PM Minh asked the Lao government to continue providing all possible support for Vietnamese nationals living in the country. He also wished that Lao would consider tax reductions for Vietnamese merchants who suffered losses caused by the fire at Dao Huong market in Champasak province in May. Deputy PM Minh took the occasion to thank Laos for discharging water from hydropower dams in Mekong River tributaries and assisting Viet Nam in recovering from impacts of prolonged drought and saltwater intrusion in the south.
Minister Saleumxay Kommasith affirmed that he would spare no effort to nurture and promote the relations between the two ministries in particular and the special neighborhood between Laos and Viet Nam.
