Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central
Committee Cheung Sombounkhan received Phung Huu Phu, Permanent Deputy
Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s
Theory Council, in Vientiane on March 20.
Phu
informed the host of the meeting between the Theory Council and the Lao
National Social Science Council. He stressed the need to regularly share
experience in theory, Party leadership and building, social management
and socialist-oriented economic development in each country.
Sombounkhan, who is also head of the LPRP Central Committee’s
Commission for Propaganda and Training, highly valued the first theory
conference between the CPV and LPRP, which according to him will
strengthen the Vietnam–Laos special solidarity.
The
Lao Party, State and people will consistently preserve and bring into
full play the Vietnam–Laos traditional friendship, special solidarity
and comprehensive cooperation, he said.
He
expressed his hope that the two sides will work closely together in
fields of mutual concern to bring revolutionary theory into life and
contribute to fostering Vietnam–Laos special ties.
The two sides also agreed to share information to improve the quality of
the Council’s consultancy on the two countries’ important issues for
their high-ranking leaders.-VNA