On February 5, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam led the high-level Vietnamese delegation to leave Hanoi Capital for a state visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, at the invitation of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Thongloun Sisoulith.
Participating in the official delegation were comrades: Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
Tran Thanh Man, Politburo Member, Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
Le Minh Hung, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organization Committee;
Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front;
General Phan Van Giang, Member of the Politburo, Minister of National Defense;
General Luong Tam Quang, Member of the Politburo, Minister of Public Security;
Trinh Van Quyet, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission;
Tran Sy Thanh, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee;
Pham Gia Tuc, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office;
Le Hoai Trung, Member of the Politburo, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
To An Xo, Assistant to the General Secretary, Head of the General Secretary's Office;
Nguyen Minh Tam, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos.
The visit takes place in the context immediately after the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 12th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party were successfully organized.
The fact that General Secretary To Lam and the high-level delegation of our Party and State chose Laos as the first country to visit in the new term - the first state visit that Laos welcomed immediately after your XII Congress, and just over a week after we welcomed the General Secretary, President of Laos - the first foreign head of state to visit Vietnam immediately after the XIV Party Congress, has profound political significance, clearly showing the consistency, special importance and top priority of Vietnam for Vietnam-Laos relations.
The visit is an opportunity for the two Parties and two countries to continue to strongly affirm the tradition of special solidarity, loyalty, and unity between Vietnam and Laos - a close relationship that has been tested, tempered and constantly nurtured through historical periods; at the same time, it shows the highest political determination of the senior leaders of the two Parties and two countries in bringing relations to develop in an increasingly substantive and effective direction.
